This Last Week

It's been a week since I last wrote - sorry! I've been so tired every night that it's been difficult to start. Jamey's mouth sores are better. We were having some doubts as to whether or not he would be able to get chemo this week, but the doctor thinks it is fine. We have been worried that he will get more sores in his mouth. The sores have been really hard on him, and we are happy to see them healing. Other than the sores, though, Jamey's been in a great mood lately. It's so nice to see him with energy again!!!

This will be our last hospital stay (barring any fevers) - YEAH!!! We just want to get it over with. I'm also worried about him getting a staph infection. Children's is such a dirty hospital - absolutely disgusting. The doctors and nurses are great, but I've never been in such a disgusting place. Many of the cleaning crew do nothing. At our last stay one of the cleaning crew was watching the ball game in an empty room for two hours! Meanwhile, the bathrooms and rooms are gross. No matter how much you complain about it, it doesn't get better. All the parents complain, but nothing gets done. I'm bringing a box of disinfecting wipes so I can go over his room thoroughly tomorrow.

Orly came up for the weekend, as did Liron and Meyer. We had a lovely time with them. On Saturday I had a surprise birthday party for David. It went really well. Jamey took him out (they went to Dave and Buster's). They were supposed to call me at 8:15, on their way back, but nobody called. I tried calling David's cell, but he didn't answer. Meanwhile, I had our 20 closest friends at the house! He finally called me at 8:25 and asked us to meet him out. I gave him some lame excuse and told him to come home. He called me back a few moments later to find out why I was being so difficult, and I again told him to come home. Boy was he surprised when he finally got here! It was a great evening - one which we really needed (Michelle made the coolest cookies - they spelled out Happy Birthday David, Karen, Jamey, Noah, Coby - and it was all surrounded by stars. The cookies were covered in sparkles).

For his birthday, I made David a book with my Mac (love it!). It had pictures, and people sent him well wishes which I put in it. I then sent it to Apple and had them print up a book for him. It came in the mail on Thursday, and is beautiful. He really loved reading the kind notes everyone sent.

Hope our stay at the hospital goes by quickly . . .