Day 8 - Alex went back to the hospital today for his 2nd round of chemo. His CBC (Complete Blood Counts) were all in the normal range, so that is good. He received two meds through his port (main line catheter) and one med delivered through his lumbar puncture. He continues with his meds (pills) at home.

After the hospital it was off to Red Lobster for lunch. Alex had quite the appetite. Before leaving the hospital, he stopped in the cafeteria for a soft pretzel with a cheese dipping sauce. At Red Lobster he had clam chowder, 2 cheese biscuits and a healthy portion of linguine with shrimp, lobster and asparagus. (He didn't eat the asparagus)! He felt a little queasy afterwards but is okay.

He is feeling bad about not being in Guam for the APAC Cross Country meet but is happy he can chat online with his teammates to see how they're doing.

Gary leaves for HK early tomorrow but should be back in a few weeks.

Hopefully Alex will not have too many side effects from this round of chemo. We'll just have to wait and see and take it day by day as it comes.

He knows I am blogging his progress but at this point he wants nothing to do with it. I know many of you are hoping to hear from him directly about how he is feeling, but right now he isn't interested.

That's it for now. Hopefully, no news is good news!