Lock down and some other stuff

After a quick haircut, trip to Costco and then Babies-R-Us, I spent the rest of the day over at the hospital. Sticking with the normal pattern, the weekend is pretty quiet over at the hospital from a treatment perspective. She really did well after yesterday's round of chemo. All the numbers looked pretty good, so we are continuing forward and feeling good about things. She felt great today and she had a big appetite. Her mom cooked up a feast and that always helps with the appetite.

Her white blood cell count is low, so they started treating the white blood cell count with something earlier this week. This in itself is not something to be overly concerned about; however, it does mean she is very susceptible to infection and her body's ability to fight an infection is weakened by the chemo treatments. So, unfortunately, this means they have her in a bit of a "lock down" whereby visitation is significantly limited (immediate healthy family members only, no children under the age of 12, no restaurant food, she has to wear a mask when she goes out of her room, etc). It's a bit of a pain in the butt, but certainly best to follow all precautions at this stage of things. I'll let everyone know if this does change, as I know quite a few people had wanted to visit.

I can't stress enough how positive and upbeat she has been this past week. I think a couple days successfully handling the chemo treatments, in addition to her connection with God, and the wonderful support we've been receiving from everyone is really helping.

As mentioned yesterday, TJ is back home which is fantastic! He's starting to get better with saying please (though its closer to peeez) and thank you. He's also picked up a few other words like otra (spanish for another, like when he wants a different book), play (when he wants you to play the DVD), and ven (spanish for come, like come with me to the toy chest as he drags you by the hand). A week in the Heights and his Spanish is getting better. My mom and dad will definitely need a translator when they are back in town.

I cleaned up a couple things on the website. I created a useful information section on the left and put a few links about cancer and the hospital. I removed the welcome message now that most people have already created accounts. Also, I realized that since some people don't check in every day, i created a link for "from the beginning" so you can read the story for the beginning rather than have to go backwards.

As you probably all know, tomorrow is the final home game at Yankee Stadium. Sad day in the boogie down. I'm definitely not looking forward to the ESPN coverage and having to listen to Joe Morgan.