17 Down, 3 more to go / And my windows are clean

Steve & I went to his treatment today and they wanted to weigh him like they did yesterday. He weighed the same, but I thought the weight was a little high. Since they were getting his weight to set him up for his amount of the interferon he was going to be getting in a shot injection, I thought it needed to be correct. The nurse & I were laughing at how we get rid of everything we can before we weigh in at the doctors, but not men. She was concerned too especially since she realized what he was carrying with him to the scales. he pulled out his wallet, car keys, blackberry cell phone & a little pocket knife. This had all 3 of the nurses in ear shot concerned and decided to weigh him on the electronic scales. They even made him lose the tennis shoes. With the list of stuff gone he was down 3.4 lbs. That is a lot in my book. I didn't think he needed an overdose of the medicine. I would have made him lose the big belt buckle too, but he was only 3 1/2 pounds more then at home not 7 pounds.

Brenda, Dr. Peleg's assistant, is working to see if we can do the lower dose injections at home instead of coming to the hospital. The plan is to get through this intense month of 39.2 million units injected every weekday, then go into a maintenance phase for another 48 weeks. Our insurance company claims the injections are not covered when administered at home, but Brenda said she should be able to explain the situation. I hope they listen because that would allow us to be more mobile for the next 48 weeks.

While we were at the hospital with the treatment Heather, Caleb and Micah were at our house helping me with some dirty windows. She said the windows were pretty bad, especially the ones by the bird feeder. When the cooper hawk comes diving for the birds they fly off and sometimes collide with the window leaving a trail of feathers and other bird related "matter" everywhere. Thanks Heather, Caleb and Micah for your help. She even brought over supper of a turkey breast in the crock pot, mashed potatoes and gravy, applesauce & she said the green vegetable for the night was Zucchini Pineapple Bread. Yummy!!! Ron said yes to this yummy vegetable.

Tonight, the boys - Ron, Caleb, and Micah - helped me to dig up some plants that I meant to dig up upon returning from my anniversary trip last fall. I've been meaning to do this dirty job for about three or four years, but I just lose the desire before the Fall when I'm supposed to be working on my flower beds. This past Fall, we got the news of Steve's cancer as soon as we returned from our trip, so digging up day lilies slid right off my "To Do" list.

Thank you to all who are praying for us. We are almost done with this part and we are looking forward to the spring and enjoying the weather. Hey Barb, If he can do his own shots maybe there is hope for Canada :-) Rocks, Rocks and more Rocks.

Patti