Wednesday Eve: Patience

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Today was a long day of waiting.  The doctors came in this afternoon to give their report: Considering his condition upon entry at Stanford, Bob has made good progress these past two weeks--actually, as good as they could have expected.   His last dose of the heavy chemo bombardment cycle will be tomorrow, and then we must wait a long couple of weeks and see what's what. 

He now has a fire truck photo from his beloved Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department.  Thank you, Lisa.  I don't have that photo, but I do have another of the firehouse, so I'm posting that to get you in the spirit.  Our brother Peter has been traveling extensively on business lately, currently in Paris, and he wants us to know he is wearing the HLVFD  T-shirt in solidarity.

We all let out a big sigh of relief today.  Even so, there is a difficult road ahead. Bob is weak, has had trouble swallowing, and has lost a great deal of weight, so that is being addressed.  He actually was able to eat a little real food today---a big step.

So: strength and nourishment and love: that's the plan.

Wednesday Morn: Sun Therapy

Bob was strong enough this morning to go out for a few breaths of real, fresh air and sunlight.

Note from last night, as Maggie was giving him his dose of meds:

MRL:  What's that?
MML: Your chemo, open up.
MRL:  Insufficient data!

After carefully listening to Meganne thoroughly describe ALL the meds and their purposes, he decided it was okay to comply.

Many people have inquired about visiting Bob, so here is the scoop: Although he made it through this last crisis, he is very ill.  Every new person is exhausting; every germ is life-threatening. Right now the doctors are asking that only his closest family members be allowed.  The good news: there are no restrictions on sending messages, and you can even do that below*.  Maggie reads him your comments, good wishes, and cards daily, and those have brought big smiles to his face, thank you.

Meganne is reading him the financial pages, so he's up to date on that.

*To send a message below,  click on the actual WORD-"COMMENTS",  NOT the envelope.  You can write your name under "open identity", no need to put in a URL.   That should do the trick.  This is my first blog experience, so I'm learning, too.  Please let me know if you need help.