Well All, I stayed away for a couple days, cause I didn`t mean to offend anyone.......to Kim and Dave, who have met Frank, thankyou for your kind words.....After being called a freak a couple of weeks ago, he needs to hear good things. An unplanned trip to the doc`s this week brought us another abcess. We have a clothes basket full of medical supplies....We both have come to realize the light at the end of this tunnel will probably be that bright one Frank sees, if you catch my drift...If you take a look at his picture,you can see the results of 7 surgeries in less than 2 years.....and yes, he limps because his leg bone is now his jaw bone....but right now he`s excited about the return of the hummingbirds to Downeast Maine.....he has managed through all this crap to regain the wonder of childhood.....he has never once complained about losing the ability to eat or talk or smell his beloved lilacs.....he has managed to go from 118 lbs, less than 2 yrs ago to 180 lbs with a peg tube.....for awhile he was stuck on blue pepsi `cause he liked the color.....I can truthfully say that he has won the battle with cancer, even if it takes his life, he truly has gone beyond the physical....if you asked him, he would just say he`s doing what he can, he doesn`t consider himself a hero, but he truly is on the hero`s journey, and I feel like the bumbling sidekick. We`ve fought lots of monsters but that`s part of the journey. We still have a healthy, although warped, sense of humor. We decorate him for holidays, latest was bunny ears.....we don`t look for the light at the end of the tunnel, but we stop at every little twinkle along the way, and from the bottom of my heart I feel truly honored to part of this journey.........again, thanks Kim for your kinds words, will tell Packer......to All Be Well.....Dee