Day 2 of Round 2

Day 2 and we're back in the routine.  It's so much less ominous this time.  The first trip to the hospital we approached with much trepidation.  We had heard about the side effects, the nausea, hairloss, sickness, and more, but we had no idea how bad all those things could be. 

There is so much less fear this time.  We know what all those side effects are like.  And all the doctors tell us it will be much less severe this time.  The hospital stay will be much shorter, too.  Another big unknown last time was whether I could do the laundry without Heidi's help.  That proved to be within my capabilities.  I cleaned toilets, washed dishes and kept the house from burning down.  This trip will be less than a week so I plan to just let the clothes and dishes stack up where they land.  Don't tell Heidi.

It feels much like Westley and Princess Buttercup navigating through the Fire Swamp.  The fire jets make a predictable noise before they erupt.  The lightning sand is easy to spot before you step in it.  The ROUS, well those are probably just urban legend.   These things we can deal with.  Prince Humperdink, on the other hand . . .

I have to end this post with a big heartfelt sincere thank you shout out to Commercial Properties of Maui, Heidi's former former employer.  They decided to make their end-of-year donation to the National Bone Marrow Donor Program.  Seems they used to give gifts to their good clients at year's end until, at Heidi's urging, they decided to instead put that money into a charity donation.  Other members of the CPM team and family have also been touched by cancer.  A nice touch that is very much appreciated by this former former employee and spouse.  A class act, boys.