Good weekend...so to speak

Ever have one of those weekends where you want to go to work on Monday, just to relax?
Between Jason being mad at his parent's (and the world), Gil being a little stressed, and...David...Jensen...anyone else in our house this weekend?

Anyway...it was an ok, albeit stressfull weekend. Now, I guess I was remiss on some things I posted not to long ago. In the post "1st Chemo Treatment" I mentioned that Gil got the results of some of his tests back, but I guess I didn't say which result belonged to which test. His bone marrow test was to see what stage he was in, which turned out to be 1A...the cancer is in its earliest stage and located only in one area (right side of his neck) with no symptoms.

The blood tests that they will be doing every other week (opposite his Chemo treatments) are to check his cell count (specifically white cells). I have to be careful about preparing food and cleaning up so as to not chance contaminating anything. I also have to make sure I wash my hands frequently and I should use paper towels to dry...I guess that is to keep from spreading germs that might stay in fabric. Now, I just need to find a good hand lotion!

This week will be the rough one. It's the week before winter break at school and the week of exams which means (for me) dealing with kids who are exempting exams and have nothing better to do in school...to teachers send them to the library. Joy for me! This is also the week Gil with find out about his radiology treatments and have Chemo (and hopefully get the results of his most recent tests). I'll try to post info on Friday.

BTW - it seems as though the hairloss has started. He was helping out his friend Kenny with a computer program when Ken noticed some odd hairs, and pulled out a small chunk (about 20 hairs). Gil was a little depressed, but says he had noticed a change in texture soon after the first treatment. I guess we might be doing some hat shopping soon.