We're finally here!!

Hooray! Ashton finally started his last treatment today! Things are quite different this time around. There were no beds available up at Lucille Packard (Stanford) so we are at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. Lucille Packard has a satellite here and there are the same doctors and nurses we are used to. Also we found out we only have to stay here one night! I am so happy! His chemo is going to be much easier this time. My big hope is it won't be as hard after and he won't get a fever. It would be so nice if this was his FINAL hospital stay!

We had a surprise visitor a few hours ago. We were sitting in our room when the nurse came in and said that Alexis Briski's father was in the hall and wanted to say hi. I couldn't believe it! We haven't seen him since before Alexis passed.
We had a nice long talk...he is doing ok. The family is keeping busy. I think seeing him and seeing that he was doing alright was very comforting to me. Her death affected us so much, Pat and I. It was a big heartbreak for us because she was the first child we knew of who didn't make it through this horrible battle. The funny thing was he was here visiting a relative in a different part of the hospital and came by the peds ward to visit the nurses--Alexis had many treatments here. He happened to ask our nurse if she had heard how Ashton was doing. He was surprised when she told him he was actually here now! Anyway, his visit was special to us and we will definitely be keeping in touch.

So, if all goes well, we will be out of here tomorrow night. Please send all those positive thoughts once again. I will let you know how it all goes.