Today was a good day but a hard day. It was a good day for many reasons. It was a hard day for no reason in particular. We went back to the hospital this morning for Joe's second dose of Chemo. Since it was the weekend, he had to get his injections in short stay instead of the office. Everyone in Short Stay is really nice...but going back is always frustrating, because they always have to act like Joe is a brand new patient and gather all this information from him. We have been there several times now, and it's always the same hundred questions and the same hundred answers. It is protocol though, and they are just doing their job. Joe's dad is on call this morning, so we got to see both of his parents at the hospital. Plus Albert called! The injections weren't so bad today. The ones from yesterday have given Joe a tender red spot...so far today's injections spots look okay. Joe's appetite was better overall. He did get a short bout of nausea before dinner...but I cooked up some veggies his mom had brought over, and he ate them all up...and he ate a good deal of some yummy food my mom made. Joe's favorite thing this evening though was dessert! My mom made these darling little individual servings of flan. She even used organic ingredients. :) Very fun! Joe got to watch the Steelers play in their first pre-season game on T.V. Even though they didn't do so hot, it was great for him to be able to sit down and watch football!!!!!!

See? So it was a good day for many reason. However, it was hard too because both of us were just feeling really drained. He was feeling sick of being sick. I was getting overwhelmed with seeing him sick. Mostly, we both just needed a good cry. So we took turns having a good cry, and shared in a little crying time. It was very cleansing, and now we're ready to be tough again and face what is ahead. Sometimes, you just need a good cry...and that's okay.

Thank you to the nurses and techs from the CT department for the card! Joe had fun reading it and telling me about each of you. Of course every intro started with, "Awww! This is..." :) Thank you also to Evonne, Thomas and Leah for the sweet card. We really appreciate you thinking of us!

Don't forget about the Bone Marrow Drive on August 20th!!!!!! Target audience is Asian, so if you are Asian and unregistered, PLEASE consider coming out. You could be the match someone is praying for. For any non-Asians who are feeling left out, and have time to help out or Asians who have already registered and want another way to help (or even people who want to register AND stick around to help more!)...we could use volunteers on the day of the drive to help everything run smoothly. If you think you can help, email me or Joe and we'll hook you up! You'll be trained and told what to do. :) Thanks in advance.

Lots of love! :)