Kids that Love Gary

Cancer sucks!!! We are all affected by cancer in some way. My dad Gary Light passed away from Colon Cancer in 2001. Since then I have been involved with the Relay For Life to fight Cancer. I have been a team leader the past two years with great support. I once again this year have the team "Kids that Love Gary" in honor of my dad. I have not been able to raise money and be a leader this year being affected by cancer myself. Everyone around me has been supporting the Relay For Life and we have several teams this year to fight Cancer.

If you are interested in donating to "Kids that Love Gary" here is the link:

http://main.acsevents.org/goto/kidsthatlovegary.com

Update

It has been a week or so since I have updated you guys with how things are going. I went into the weekend feeling great. I spent Friday night visiting my Younglife kids at the middle school I am a leader at. It was great and a blessing to be able to see them and for them to see me. I got to talk to them about what I have been going through and my faith and they loved it and I could see God working in there hearts. I ended Friday thanking God for an amazing week feeling great and getting a chance to do things like Younglife, hangout with friends, and even go to my high school soccer game. Saturday found me in the ER at the hospital because It looked like I had an infection in my port. I didn't feel sick or have a fever but I had to spend the night in the hospital and they had to give me antibiotics. At about 11 pm sitting in my hospital room with my mom guess who showed up? Devon showed up with his mom. Sadly he was there because he has got a fever and was having problems too. He was a lot worse then me though. It was pretty amazing that of all the hospital rooms in the hospital Devon and I ended up in the same room again. We stayed until about 1am celebrating Devon's 16th birthday singing him happy birthday with the nurses. I felt sooo bad that he had to spend his 16th birthday in the hospital. Devon and I have really enjoyed each other and are becoming better friends and so are our moms. I believe God has given me this friendship for a reason. Devon and I were planning are getting rooms together for the next round of chemo but it kills me to say Devon is still in the hospital and when I visited him today (because I was at the hospital for appointments) I found out he has to be in the hospital until thursday and maybe longer. Devon really needs our prays as he is struggling and going through a rough time right now. We still might get rooms together though since I go in for Chemo tomorrow for 5 days. I spend Monday and Today practicing my golf game and it was great to be out on the course. It was the first time I has been on the course since my treatment. Like I said I go in for chemo tomorrow until Sunday and I am feeling ready but I have come to find from this chemo that it really wears me down being in the hospital for a longer period of time. Over and over again I find myself thinking when things are not going well why cant I just feel better but then I feel selfish asking God for that because there are so many more kids out there suffering so much more. I am glad things are going good but I know there will be times where am like Devon with fevers and having to spend days in the hospital not just for treatment. Hoping and praying for a good round of chemo.

Love,

Garrett

Me with My "Make a Wish" people

Hey everybody. Hope everyone is doing well. So last week I went back to the Hospital on Wednesday for 3 day Chemo. I went in with trying to make the best of this round. I was feeling good but for some reason as soon as I got to the hospital I had major jitters and felt sick before I had even started. I got to my room and five minutes later I felt extremely better as I met my nurse and my roommate who came in the same time as me. When you meet your roommate you obviously converse about why you are in the hospital. Turns out his name is Devin and he has Ewing Sarcoma in his left tibia and his mom was there with him who was a teacher. I told him I had the exact same thing in my right tibia and my mom was with me and was a teacher too. Weird huh? His tumor is a little lower by his ankle though and he started his treatment in December and was waiting for a bone graph so he could have surgery. Over those 3 days both me and Devin's chemo went really well as we were having the exact same chemo and started the same time and both ended at 2pm on Friday. Devin and I became friends as he got me to go to school and I got him to go to teen night. He is a Sophomore in Yakima and his mom and him are staying with his aunt in Seattle. That means he doesn't get to see friends or be home. I invited him and his mom to come hangout tomorrow with me and my mom tomorrow so hopefully they will come. Please keep him in your prays though as it is really hard to find bone graphs for ankles and they might have to fuse his ankle to his leg and he won't be able to walk on it again. But his tumor that is the same as mine has shrunk a lot and has reacted really well to the chemo. Like I was saying my chemo went well. Saturday was rough though once I was home for 24 hours I got sick and it wasn't the best day. Sunday was better and this week has been going well so far as I am trying to do a lot of school work. It was bed time for me a long time ago so I should stop writing. Keep praying!!!

Garrett

p.s. I watched all of the Masters all 4 days and I'm glad Mickleson won as both his wife and mom are fighting breast cancer.

Also "Make a Wish" came tonight and talked to me about my wish which I have not decided yet.

Happy Easter

I hope everyone had an Amazing Easter. I sure did as I got to be home with family and not at the hospital. I'm doing a lot better then I did a week ago I feel great again, which means only one thing, more chemo coming on Wednesday!!! Found this video and thought it is great and explains that even through this huge storm I find the Lord and he gives me strength.

Hope you like it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HgAVenbUU