Mike called me at work today to let me know he was feeling much better than he did yesterday. He didn't want to worry me. When I came home, Amber and Ethan were at our house, waiting for Zac to come home from the golf course. They invited Mike and I out this evening to eat dinner at Cracker Barrel. Mike was able to get out of the house and enjoy some Cod. His appetite was pretty good.

The red blotches on some areas of Mike's body is alarming to me. I have to keep reminding myself this is normal to those who take Xeloda. The areas on his side are particularly bad from the bandages we need to constantly remove, and reapply, daily. I'm applying antibiotic ointment to those areas, and trying to re-bandage in creative ways to avoid taping over open wounds, but it doesn't look like we're making any progress healing them. I tried to lightly rub some Eucerin on Mike's feet this evening and he flinched constantly from the pain. I'm afraid to see what Mike is going to look like on his "week off" treatment, next week. The last cycle, his symptoms seemed to worsen.

Anyway, he's hanging in there, and I think it did us both wonders to see Ethan and his parents. Now we'll just need to snag Drew and his mommy and daddy! :)

Mike and I appreciate your thoughts and prayers.