Chemo: Course Three, Round One, Day Two

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well and warm this first day of February.  The worst of the storms seem to have passed us over here in Madison, so Mom and Dad had no trouble getting to Cincinnati yesterday.  They arrived on time for an early start (8am!) for Mom's first dose.  Everything went smoothly, and when I spoke to them yesterday, she had taken a nap on the sun porch, and they were catching up on the blog and enjoying all the comments (and of course my witty prose).  She said she feels good-- a moment of "chemo stupor" here and there, but those only last a second or two and then she's feeling fine again.

Somehow, despite the fact that she is out of town, she is still managing to take care of everyone else.  Example: she had made dinner for us Sunday night, but we were under the weather, so she saved it.  Yesterday, she was directing me from afar, describing each container and its state of preparation, listing out cooking and reheating instructions.  So tonight we had dinner courtesy of Ms. Rosie (and a few others too, I suspect ;) ): ham, sweet potatoes, salad.  My kids loved it.  But they missed their Gram and Pa.  We went up to check on Casey Jones and Marley this morning, and Esphyr was quite upset to find her grandparents gone.  "Where are Grandma and Grandpa?" she kept repeating.  When she finally understood that they were in Cincinnati at the doctor, she consoled herself with: "They will come back.  They WILL come back."

One more day and they will!  Go, Mama, go!

Cheers,
jk