False Alarm -- He Is Feeling Okay!

Those moments that felt kind of yucky last night went away by morning.  I guess when you write a report every day, it is hard to maintain perspective. There is no predicting anything, but we are relieved to report that Jon had a good day today. He is starting to feel that his phone doesn't have enough useful entertainment on it -- the puzzles take a little while, the news is terrible, playing Hearts is good but mostly for the middle of the night.  He finds that he does not have the focus for reading real books.

Jon went to his 1:00 appointment by himself and I got a visit with Nell. She drove all the way here with many containers of soup and homemade food from friends and neighbors, and we had a picnic lunch in the sun on the little patio. It was so nice to see her. I have only been here for six days straight this time, but it feels like a very long time.

By the time I got over to the IPOP and found Jon on the 5th floor (on the weekend, everyone gets squished into the old clinic that is like a sleeper car on the train), it was 3:00 and nothing had happened yet. He was still waiting for platelets. We sat in that cramped little corner behind the curtain, he talked on the phone, I knitted. All he needed was a bag of platelets and a growth shot, and at 5:30 we were set free.

If Jon feels this good tomorrow, maybe we will be able to escape for a bit after his appointment, which theoretically happens at 9:45. If we escape, we will go for a drive in the country and see some farms (we know a few).  We won't get near any people. Zero neutrophils is no joke.  But sunshine is part of strength and healing and we need some.

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