additional info...

the weekend is over and i survived working and he survived not being the in the hospital.

in addition to being told that he had a negative PET scan (meaning that there was NO evidence of any lymphoma) he was also notified that his PICC line (that central line in his arm) had shifted a few inches off coarse. because it was out of place they were concerned that the line may puncture a vein or rest on a nerve. so...friday night we had to go back into the hospital to have the line removed.

having the line removed was a good thing. he thinks the pain in his arm is a bit better and now he can shower without having to wrap himself in saran wrap. the only down side to not having the PICC is that he needs to be arm stuck for his blood work and if he would happen to need any fluids they would have to start an IV.

funny how we think...the first thing he asked the IV team was how long until he could golf...the first thing i asked the IV team was how long until he could do laundry!!!!!

i think they are going to give him a week or so off to adjust to not having the PICC line and being told that the PET scan was negative...then we will get back to work figuring out why he feels the way he feels. i think he deserves a week or so off.

it has been an emotional roller coaster this weekend...i told someone that we have been getting such bad news all the time that we have to adjust to that i don't think we quite knew what to do with the good news. it was kinda weird but i think we are adjusting.

he has to go in for blood work either tuesday or wednesday...they are going to call in the morning. other than that i think it will be a relaxing week. (if it would stop raining i believe there are A LOT of little league world series games to watch).

meg and kelsey have a field hockey scrimmage on tuesday at 4pm. tim will have to take his parka to stay warm.

as always-thanks for your thoughts and concerns and prayers.

thanks for checking in

tim and tammy