How Y'all doing?

Well, since Shannon seems to have gone an a literary hiatus, I guess it's my turn.....
Quick medical update goes like this: I'm 3 weeks into a 5 week run of chemo-therapy, should be my last. Nausea is a little worse this time around, good drugs but there are times when I just can't hold it down. Enough said. I will be getting a PET scan in a month or so, if we all hold our breath together we'll have good news. The nightime tube feeding went by the wayside last week, a bit earlier than expected. While pushing Molly up to The Dapple (local market) in her stroller, the damn thing just plain fell out....bloop....ten inches of tubing. I went to the surgeon's office the next morning and was met with stares of incredulity. They wanted to put it back in but I lobbied for freedom and they said o.k. Now it's up to me to get 2000 calories a day into my newly remodeled stomach. So far so good, I've been gaining ~1Lb. per week since the surgery and funny enough, I'm at 175 which is a good target weight to stay at. (For the first time in about 10 years.)

There is a bit of normalcy re-entering our lives. I did my first homeownerish project in a long time...put in a new garbage disposal downstairs and did a little weeding in the yard.

The boys are ready and waiting for summer vacation, they'll probably take swim lessons again, Ian has a week long sleep over YMCA camp in late July, he's excited as can be. I've been taking the boys to school most mornings, picking them up sometimes. Our cousin Kristine, her husband Dave and their 2-yr. old Logan moved in to the downstairs apt. and Kristine is taking excellent care of Molly 3 days/week. Molly and Logan have a great chemistry with the occasional toy induced swipe to the face. Molly is talking up a storm, it's especially cute when accompanied by a wagging finger. Such as "I no ready for night-night!!"

Shannon, ah, Shannon. Some of you got to know her much better over the last few months. I'm elated, wish the circumstances could have been different. So you see what I see in her. She's been my rock, my nurse, my day-to-day reality check and most importantly, my best friend. When this is all over, I owe her a big, long, relaxing vacation to someplace warm with very cold Margaritas.

Sorry for the five week bald spot in the blog. We'll try to maintain it a little better. Thank you to everybody for the cards, e-mails, messages and visits, they have been an integral part of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

All my love, Dave