Home Again

It's Saturday now and Phil came home earlier today.  All his studies were normal, his nausea has subsided, he ate a good breakfast and his pain is much much better. Whew.  Thank you God that he is through that crucible.


Bennett and I stopped in after an early baseball game (in which Bennett hit a triple and drove in 2 runs by the way) and found Phil freshly showered, packed up to go and listening to music on his computer.  To say he was ready to make his exit would be putting it lightly.  He's spent a lot of hard time in these corner rooms of Alvarado hospital over the last 7 months. Of course there is more hard time to come; but that's not today.  


Today is about going home to his comfortable bed, really good food, to being loved on by me, the kids and Trenna and Rene's family.  Today is for celebrating Bennett's enthusiasm about hitting a triple and winning his first game of the season.  It's about cuddling with Olivia and listening to her read from her journal and all her favorite books.  It's about watching NCAA Basketball games and hanging out in his sweats -- not a hospital gown, pulling an IV pole around.  Today is about whatever he says it's about.  It's not about cancer, at least for awhile.