DALE'S VISIT

Gina and Dale

It's Sunday afternoon, Dave is napping and Dale and Gina are headed back to Atlanta. They arrived very late on Thursday, so we didn't see them until Friday morning.  Dale took Dave to chemo, Gina stayed here to work and I went to my clay class.  We all met back at home about 12:30 pm for lunch and compared notes on how our mornings were.  Dave's was more of the same - getting his treatment, having a very uncomfortable cold spell while getting the interferon drip, and finally warming up when he arrived home.  Dave was feeling no better, but no worse, and with the weekend arriving, we all had high hopes for a bit of a recovery.  In the afternoon, Dave took a long snooze, Dale worked and Gina and I walked to the marina.  It was a beautiful, sunny and slightly cool day.  Dale had stopped to get some hydrocortizone cream recommended by Rosemary for Dave's rash, so I applied it before he went to bed that evening.

Saturday Dave's rash was a little better, but he was not feeling any better.  He doesn't feel sick, he is simply very fatigued, which makes him feel as though he doesn't want to get out for a walk, and he wants to sleep a lot.  Dale and Gina were tired too, so we got a late start to the day.  Dave laid down for a morning nap while Dale, Gina and I went to the Village Art Show. Home for lunch, then Gina and I took Coleman to the Peter and the Wolf concert while Dave and Dale watched Georgia Tech trounce UVA.  When we came home from the concert, Dave took a nap while Gina, Dale and I had drinks on the back porch.  When Dave got up, we had dinner, then by 8 pm, Dave was ready for bed.  It was a late night for him!

Dave and I are enjoying the sunshine

Today is yet another beautiful day, so after breakfast we took a few pictures on the front patio.  We talked Dave into walking around Village Green Circle; we then sat in the sun and looked through some photo books.  We had a light lunch, and it was time for Gina and Dale to hit the road.  Now here we are - Dave in the bedroom, me at the computer, and needing to stop to do the laundry!

Dave hasn't seemed to have bounced back as well as he did last weekend, but we understand the effects of the IFN are cumulative and he has had 15 days of treatments.  One more week of intensive IFN... and we will be counting down the days!