The Last Day

Today was the last day! It didn't come soon enough. He left early the last 2 days, but stuck it out for the week. We went and picked up his slides of the lymph node that was removed, and we both assumed that we were picking up "slides" of pictures... nope! They are 11 slides of the lymph node sliced ultra thin and dyed different colors. They are kind of interesting to see. Not at all what we expected - then again, none of this is what we expected! Now we have everything we need to go to the City of Hope, except the actual appointment. We will try calling tomorrow, but will probably have to wait until Tuesday. At least he doesn't have work to worry about.

I got a book FedExed to me today from a dear childhood friend. Although we don't talk very often, we keep in contact through our mom's, who never stop talking. :) It's called The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Most of you have probably heard of it, as he was recently in the news at the end of July when he lost his life to pancreatic cancer. I have just barely started the book and am anxious to get back to it. It is not a sob story about being ill with cancer, but a life story about living everyday to the fullest (because you just never know) and living out your childhood dreams. I am already so inspired by it, and I'm only on page 34. It is a quick read that I highly recommend!