Warrior.

For the past 5 years Travis has been a warrior.

He's done 6 different chemo's.

And not chemo's you get monthly,

but weekly or daily.

He's experienced extreme fatigue.

Nausea.

Stomach Ailments.

Many aches and pains.

Mouth sores,

Throat cankers,

Odd rashes,

and insomnia.

Kidney failure.

Many hospital stays.

Through it all he has worked full time 

(Most of the time).

He's been the best dad.

I'm sorry, but I'm positive there is none better.

He's been the most supportive husband.

He's provided for us.

Made us laugh daily.

Bought us ice-cream.
Made us watch football.

Yelled at every soccer game/dance recital.

Been patient when I ask "Does my hair look ok?"

(Cause, really, he doesn't care).

Through it all we have wondered when we would

run out of drug options-and prayed for many miracles.

And we've had a few.

But that time has come.

Our most recent scan shows a pretty sizable amount

of growth, in pretty much all of the current areas his cancer lies.

We've exhausted all of our treatment options.

Yes, there are a few drugs we haven't tried,

but they are pretty much in the same drug type as ones we've used,

so the chances of them working are nil.

We've prepared for this.

We've known it would come,

but man,

it sucks.

There isn't an eloquent way to put it.

It sucks real bad.

We are going to try to enjoy what time we have left.

We know there isn't enough of it,

but we are gonna do our best to spoil each other while we can.

 We are gonna do our best to remind our kids,

every single day,

that while they may not always have a dad here with them,

they had a dad who fought like hell to be with them as long as he could.

Last week Travis and I celebrated our 11th anniversary.

Today-I am reminded how honored I am to have been able to be by his side

and his partner while he fights.  I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat.

We appreciate our TRAVSTRONG family who has supported us 

so much through it all.  We love you.