Pops has retired...IT'S ABOUT TIME!

Rylan's Pops has been battling Stage III Colon Cancer. He had surgery in Jan. 08 and is doing 6 months of Chemotherapy. He has been having a really tough time tolerating the Chemo. He is usually sick for at least 6 days after, which barely gives him enough time to recover before he gets "CHEMO'D" (as he calls it) again. I go with him to his dr appts and chemo, while Rylan stays with Grammy. We finally had some good news. Pops has been waiting for the City of Houston Fire Dept board to review his case. They approved for him to take disability pension. HE IS OFFICIALLY RETIRED. He has been saying he was going to retire, "in 3 more years" for the last 10 years. He has not been able to go back to work since he had surgery, so it's for the best. He needs to focus on getting healthy. We also had a dr appt with the Urologist to discuss the tumor in his Kidney. It is a small mass about 1.6cm. They have decided to just watch it for now, since he can't tolerate another sugery during Chemo. He will have another CAT scan soon to see how the Chemo is working and they will check on the kidney tumor again.
Congrats to Pops for all his years of hard work!

Now Pops can go to the Frio whenever he wants.
I had to add another picture from his retirement ceremony.