All is right in our world again...

We saw Dr. Senecal again today (best Oncologist ever).  He relieved some of our concerns, he has never seen a perforation in cases like ours (as mentioned by our surgeon Monday) and he was very calm about our other concerns.  We were able to voice our questions and fears and he eased our hearts.  We left once again confident in his care of us.

We went on to meet with a nurse for a "chemo teach".  We were taken into a sterile, colorless, quiet room, where about 5 chemo patients were receiving IV treatments.  Seriously, this room needs an Extreme Hospital Room Make Over or dance music, either would help. A nurse walked up to another patient and in the exact voice as Barbie in Toy Story, told her she wouldn't be helping her today since she had a "chemo teach".  Dave and I looked at each other and knew we were in for something entertaining. 

I would take up too much of your precious time telling you all the funny things she said and did (as in airhead funny, not Steve Martin funny).  I wish we had video.  The first thing that happened:  She was explaining that Dave needed to use rubber gloves when touching the medicine.  She pulled out the bottle from the white bag and then put it quickly back in, and said "even touching the bottle burns my hands".  She went to scratch her face, stopped herself and said (in her slow Barbie voice), "I probably shouldn't touch my face?"  She proceeded to hug the bottle of lotion she gave to Dave for hand foot syndrome and told us how wonderful and valuable it is, so valuable in fact that someone "stole all the samples".  The whole 30+ minutes went on just like this.  Dave had to bee line for the door when we left so he wouldn't laugh in front of her.  We laughed almost the whole way home.  Laughter is good medicine, so thank you Barbie, you made our day!  Okay, I have to tell you one more... she said "I would never want to take XELODA, (the oral chemo Dave is taking), in fact I would never want chemo".  Yeah, we don't really want it either...you just have to laugh.

Oh AND Dave starts radiation tomorrow!  In all seriousness, please pray.  He takes his first dose of chemo in the morning, then radiation at 1:30, then another dose of chemo in the evening.  Radiation 5 days a week and chemo twice a day, 7 days a week for 5 1/2 weeks.  Here we go Lord, hold us tight.