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One year ago today Gary and I were heading home from L.A., neither of us sure we were going to make it. We had such a magical, yet stressful time in Los Angeles. Thinking about it now it seems like it was so long ago. When we arrived in Duluth we headed straight to SMDC and Gary started his [...]

Hello everyone. Thank you for the best anniversary wishes! We have had 9+ WONDERFUL years together and now are savoring each minute. Gary is still fighting with all that he has – I can not tell you how often I thought this was it. But, Gary has other ideas. His breathing is labored, and I [...]

Gary: Well, the finale of Dancing With the Stars was a big let down. Gilles and Cheryl came in second (even though ALL of our votes went for them). Gilles and Cheryl were definately better dancers during the season, and after watching the season’s  free dance, I was convinced that they should win.
They (Gilles, Cheryl [...]

We’d like to start by once again to saying a BIG thank you to our co-workers, family and friends for putting this together and sending us on such an adventure. We have been literally living on excitement since we found out we were heading to LA – and now that we are home again, we are wondering [...]

Just a quick post to let you all know what is going on… best that I can tell you anyway. Gary has been back in the hospital since our plane landed in Duluth Tuesday evening. He was extremely dehydrated, and we found out that not only is his stomach not digesting food, but [...]

Here’s pictures from our trip to see “Dancing With The Stars” on May 4th, 2009. I’m sorry, but some of these pictures came out very blurry. Hopefully, I’ll be able to correct them a little. Did you see us on the show? We weren’t able to watch the show until Sunday. It looks like we [...]

Well, we made it to LA. My folks surprised us by being at the airport in Duluth when we left. The flight from Duluth was delayed about 30 minutes, but we arrived in Minneapolis about 5 minutes late. The gates were not that far apart, but I opted to take one of the courtesy cars [...]

Well, it appears that everything is progressing fine. I’m feeling pretty good, except for the tubes running out of my nose. My color is back, and everything appears to be flowing through the system the way they should.

**UPDATE** Hi All – I’m going to make this quick, because I want to get down to see Gary.  Hopefully he will update this blog on his own tomorrow!  That’s right!  He is doing real well.  They took the feeding tube out this morning, and are waiting to see how the “food he eats today” [...]

Ben and I just got home at 10:10.  I put him to sleep, ate a bowl of cereal and I am now going to write a quick update.  I have Nightline on, and they are talking about Swine Flu.  Of course we think about that with our upcoming trip to LA.
Gary is still in the [...]