Our stomachs are full!

Many thanks to Catherine-Ann & Joe George for the delicious lasagna dinner last night. We also want to thank Sheri & Donnie Lehman for the terrific beef stroganoff dinner tonight! Pam and the other wives have gotten together to bring meals to us. I can not say how helpful this is...but the kids would definitely tell you how grateful they are. I haven't felt much like cooking (or eating). So, if I don't cook, we don't generally get much for the rest of the family to eat. They are old enough to fix themselves food--but it is Easy Mac or a can of soup. They have been very grateful to have a homemade meal. THANK YOU!!!
Bobby had a check up today in Baltimore at Dr. Sharfman's office. Everything was great. His blood pressure was up a bit (but much better than it was yesterday). He is taking his BP medication now. His appetite is back and he is not so short of breath. His peeling skin is improving. I found a lotion that has worked very well on his peeling face. He likes it and it works well. He looks great! I took a picture last night...but it is on the computer which is in my car. I'll post it tomorrow morning (planned).We appreciate everyone respecting our request to not have visitors. We are working hard to keep the germs away. Poor Jim (Bobby's brother) hasn't come to see Bobby since he's been home...but then Jim came down with the flu yesterday and is quite sick. We are thankful that he hadn't come to visit because he was probably contagious before he knew he was sick. Bobby has been trying to email, phone, and text people but is staying clear of crowds. We were told by JHU to hang a sign on the door about visitors. The doctor recommends that his chemo patients keep a bottle of hand sanitizer and masks at the front door. Of course, we are compliant patients and have placed those items right on the front porch. We've all been diligent about hand washing and keeping kisses to a minimum. No handshakes and no sick people.
We had to pick up a prescription today at CVS. There was a boy in the store who was coughing...and coughing and sniffling...and coughing! We could not believe his mother allowed him to come in. Bobby just went back out to the car to get away from this snotty, coughing kid. I told Bobby that the Rx counter is probably not a good place to be. Everyone seemed sick! We will use the drive-thru next time. The doctor is pleased that Bobby got 9 doses of IL-2 during his first round. We will go back in 2 weeks to do it again. We feel better prepared. Although we won't look forward to the next session, we do have some experience now and know what to expect. I spoke to the nurse manager at JHU today. I told her how happy we were with the staff and nurses there. Everyone was attentive and took great care of Bobby. He liked the nurses and the attention he was getting! We were comforted by the atmosphere there and the care we were given was exceptional. Thank you! Again, thanks to everyone for your efforts...we appreciate everything you do! More to come on the plan for the next few weeks. Hello to all!