Quick Update

This is going to be just a quick update, as there's not much to report now. Jake continues to amaze everyone at just how awesome he is at kicking cancer's butt. Apparently, one of the chemo meds appears to be targeting just the leukemia cells, and his white blood cells remain relatively high. They're still lower than normal, but the doctor yesterday seemed to feel there was the possibility that his WBCs wouldn't be wiped out completely, which is a good thing. He did have to have a blood transfusion yesterday since his hematocrit dropped below 24, but for the most part he's doing amazing.

We were able to get the girls to babysit the baby tonight and Jake and I had our first in-hospital date. We rented a couple of movies, picked up some snacks and snuggled up on the hospital bed for a night in. It was so fabulous! I'm really grateful right now that Jake's such a low-key patient. We were able to watch the movies with minimal interruption, and nobody cared that we were even there. Afterward, we went for one of our walks. That's always nice, but the gloves are totally annoying when I'm trying to hold his hand. The hand condom totally gets in the way and feels weird. That's another thing on the ever-growing list of things I can't wait to change.

I'm looking forward to Jake coming home. It's so lonely here without him. I miss our regular face-to-face conversations and cooking dinner with him and all the little things we used to do. I love you babe! Hurry home!