3-29-09
Gator woke up this morning about 3:30 AM with a temp of 103. Not sure what’s going on! No cough or anything else just a fever….

3-31-09
He’s been fighting the fever off and on since Weds (the 29th) and now finally today he’s coughing up green crap so we know he’s got pneumonia! He started taking some antibiotics that we already had, did a nebulizer treatment, took a hydrocodone (leftover from the vocal chord surgery!) and I made him eat scrambled eggs and toast at 5:30am because he hasn’t eaten in two days and he can’t miss his Merle Haggard concert on Thurs. April 2nd!
4-1-09
Gator is still in bed with a fever but he’s eating and taking in fluids…trying hard to keep up his strength so he can see his hero Merle tomorrow. His son Kevin (in Oregon) is really sick too and it sounds like he’s going to miss the concert! What a bummer! We really wanted him to go. His daughter Karyn is going though so that will be nice. We received a gift card for $250 from Safeway and a $50 gift card from Fred Meyer all arranged by a man named Peter from Cancer Lifeline…perfect timing, we were out of everything!!
4-2-09 Concert Day! Today is my 19yr old son Robby’s birthday, Merles birthday is April 6th....