Uh-oh...:)

It may be starting. Joe just might be losing his hair. Maybe. Yesterday, before and after his post-hospital-visit shower, I noticed all of these loose hairs on Joe. We then discovered that of all places, Joe was starting to lose hair from his armpits! It was just sliding right out. Joe then decided to test the hair on his head. That stuff is much more stubborn, and yet Joe was still able to pull out tiny little tufts of hair. We buzzed Joe's hair yesterday afternoon since it was getting really shaggy. Joe is really fascinated by the prospect of becoming completely bald. He seems to be encouraging it by randomly yanking at the little hairs on his head. Still, it looks pretty thick up there. Today, there were fewer loose hairs. We thought maybe he would wake up to a pillow covered with hair, but that hasn't happened yet. There was just one lonely hair, possibly two! We shall wait and see.

Joe's nausea and belly pain has pretty much vanished. To replace those ailments, Joe now has a very stubborn headache that appears throughout the day. Also, he is starting to develop sores in his mouth that are irritating. The one positive thing that has resulted from the mouth sores is that Joe has an excuse to eat popsicles. His nurse suggested it this afternoon, and Joe was very excited about it! Another praise worthy thing is that even though Joe's last platelet transfusion was a bit of a nightmare, his counts went up! Yesterday it was 40, today it was 45. Joe's hemoglobin level is steadil decreasing, and we're anticipating a blood transfusion within the next week.

Some happy news about one of the girls we've been praying for. Amy is more than sixty days out from her transplant, and her thirty day bone marrow biopsy showed that she is 100% engrafted. Woohoo, and Praise the Lord! Also, pray for Alivia and her family as she will be undergoing a splenectomy in a few days, and a transplant a few weeks after that.

A very Happy Birthday to John of John & Carole, TK, and Kelly from small group who celebrated birthdays recently. And a very Happy Birthday to SuAnn who should be celebrating today!

Thank you so much Janet & Frank, and Aunt Vivian, Zim, & Yim for your generous gifts. You are all so very thoughtful and sweet.

Thank you to all the wonderful people who have been flooding our mailbox with cards! We really appreciate your support.

And a super giant THANK YOU to Greg who is absolutely the best neighbor in the world. If there is such thing as a best neighbor award, he should get it. Greg, you have been so incredibly helpful, we appreciate it more than you'll ever know.