November 4th 2007

We got back from the hospital on Monday October 29th. Unfortunately we spent more time there than we had anticipated. We were there from Thursday - Monday, and it was a long and boring stay for all of us. We tried to entertain ourselves as much as possible by renting few movies, and playing some games. Jamey played with another boy who is 12 (his name is Jacob) who was also diagnosed with Leukemia (a different type). Jacob can't really leave his room and has been there for 2 months. I believe he has 4-5 more months at the hospital (at least). We played cards and they also played the Wii in Jacob's room. Despite all the two boys are going through, I think they had fun. Karen and I rotated our stay with Jamey. Karen's mom and my mom also stayed with Jamey during the day. We were so happy to come home on Monday afternoon, and we are REALLY glad this phase is over. We have about 2 weeks of break where Jamey does not need to go in for Chemo and then we will enter the final phase before we enter maintenance. It is called Delayed Intensification, which is about 6 weeks of heavy Chemo in/out of hospital with different types of Chemo. This is similar to what we went through the first 4-6 weeks and we anticipate a lot of side effects.

We are all enjoying having my mom around. She is great and the kids enjoy being with her which they do not get very often. My mom is really great and helps a lot in the hours. The cooking is superb! I missed it. Since my work is very close I go home for lunch and hand out. This weekend was busy with of soccer games. We also went to the Chabad House; they had a ceremony for a new Torah. We got to write a letter in the Torah and Jamey got a special blessing from the Rabbi there. It was nice.

I am tired now; it has been a long day. Take care.