05/26/2026
Dear friends,
Well i needed some time to write this post. this last few days have been some of the most emotional of my life. And having been an emotional person for most of my time on this earth, my feelers have been quite shaken up.
Hayes finally had his leg amputated last night.
The days leading up to it, we took pictures of his feet, sound tracks of his footsteps, videos of him walking, paintings of his footprints. Anything we could to remember these little footsteps that press upon our hearts. These days leading up, consisted of the surgery is on, the surgery is off, the surgery is on again. Well, i guess it can be said that they were trial days or a big practice run for when the surgery followed through. Yesterday we waited and waited. An emergency was thrown into surgery before we were expected to go. Then another emergency came in. Then finally hayes went in. Skighe and eythan are amazing examples of endurance and loyal love. Through tears in all our eyes hayes was sent in. Skighe and eythan went in for the sedation. Five minutes later we began to wait. And wait. Finally the surgeon says it went good. Hayes was tired. Cried or half cried when he saw his stump a couple of times. But he has been prepped for this. And now he thinks he is real cool doing tricks with it. Like wiggling his nub. And last night he was moving it back and forth and kicked me with it. When i looked at him he started laughing thinking he pulled a fast one. Today his pain meds have had the dose lowered and every medical professional here that has seen him, says he is doing great. So with tears in our eyes and a heart mixed with pain over his cancer, we remain hopeful cause there are no traces of cancer in his body now. We feel some light at the end of this tunnel even tho this weight still bears heavy. There are five more rounds of chemo and talk of ten treatments with radiation. Its not over yet. This cancer is aggressive and with a high reoccurrence rate, so We still have a long road. Im so thankful to my family. For the great parents skighe and eythan are. And i am so so lucky to have great friends that have reached out and that have showed support in various ways. Life is hard. Now its time for this little man to heal. 🩵💙
Lotsa love,
Lori💕👣
