Ski Museum Benefit, McCarthy's and Chest of Hope

Hi All,
It's been a few weeks since I've posted. We've been busy working on staying healthy and also had some exciting nights. Brian Lindner held a "History of Mt. Mansfield Ski Patrol" Benefit for Gary at the Ski Museum in Stowe. We were quite honored by the turn out of friends and Gary's fellow Ski Patrollers that showed up from around the Northeast. Thanks to all who came to this memorable evening. Also, Thanks to the Ski Museum for offering your incredible Ski Museum space for this night. If you haven't stopped by yet to see the museum, put it on your tour list for all ages to enjoy. Thanks again everyone involved. I had tears in my eyes when I saw all the support from the Ski Patrol contingent. You all really stick together!
On this evening Shifterboss had announced that he had started a raffle for a pair of Red Sox tickets to benefit Gary. Also, Gary has offered to raffle off a cedar-lined hope chest that he built many years ago. We're calling it "Gary's chest of Hope"...(okay..don't think into it!). Thank you Shifter for helping with Shrinking Gary's Tumor.
On St. Patrick's Day we brought Gary's Chest of Hope to McCarthy's and sold raffle tickets on the front deck. It was fun to see many old friends and meet new. Thank you Diane and Dan and Lee LaBier for helping with this raffle. Betsy and Wendy were also a blast to have helping with the sales. It was a nice sunny day and we even had a chance to run the puppies on the quiet path during down times throughout the day.
Gary went skiing the Sunday before St. Patrick's day and by Tuesday mid day he was experiencing a nagging headache and felt very fatigued. We had an appointment at the VT Center for Integrative Herbalism on that Tuesday afternoon to discuss Gary's diet and how things have been going. By that evening Gary ate dinner early and went to bed. The next a.m. he still felt horrible and so he stayed home and slept all day. I think this is expected with the 4 week period post radiation/chemo. He slept well on Wednesday night and woke up so refreshed that I was puzzled by the drastic change...but who could complain right? Since then he has had renewed energy. He went skiing yesterday with Rick and Karen who arrived from NY late Friday. We stayed up relatively late last night reminiscing old times and today he and Rick are working on the ventilation system for Gary's studio. Wow! It's like old times!
Ian and Jaynie are enjoying the company of Rick and Karen's teenagers Derrick and Kyle. Kona is having a blast with all of the attention and I am certainly feeling the warmth and positive vibes from the sunshine this wonderful family brought with them.

I'll be on this blog soon with updates on Gary's appointment scheduled for Duke U on April 6th. His MRI scheduled at Fletcher Allen is April 2nd. This will hopefully tell us how the RT and Chemo was received by Gary.

Happy Spring!
ME

After the Ski Museum Event