Terry's visit

We had a great weekend. Jason was able to come "home" and Terry came out to visit. Jason got a bigger TV, 40" Toshiba plasma, as an early anniversary present from me and his parents. We will be celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary on November 6. There is a chance we might still be in the hospital while he recovers from his second round of chemo, so I wanted to be sure he got his present early so he could enjoy it during his recovery. Terry also bought a Blu-ray disc player which he kindly left here for us to use. The picture quality is amazing, especially combined with the new TV.

Jason still isn't able to walk very well, but we didn't want to spend all week sitting inside watching TV. So on Sunday we took a day trip to Galveston. We saw some of the massive damage caused by Ike. We also saw Moody Gardens which we would like to go back to when Jason is getting around better. It is a resort that has an aquarium inside a giant pyramid and a rainforest inside another giant pyramid. It definitely looks like a place worth checking out. Right next to it was Galveston's airport. It was so sad to see a whole lot of planes missing one wing, or both, or just having huge holes. The craziest thing we saw as we drove to Galveston was boats lying on the side of the freeway. There had to be at least 20 boats just lying next to the side of the road, completely far away from any source of water, and some of the boats were quite large. It really demonstrated the power of the storm surge and wind.















We have also been working on a puzzle for the last couple of weeks. It was only a 500 piece puzzle and should have been really easy, but it was 3D which made it much more difficult. The color of the puzzle pieces would change depending on how you held them, so it definitely made this puzzle a challenge. We took a picture to capture the fact that we did finally finish putting the puzzle together and now we are going to donate it to MD Anderson so other patients can enjoy the frustration of a 3D puzzle.
On a sad note, Jason's uncle Joe died over the weekend from a heart attack. Marjorie and Terry will be flying to Indiana for the funeral and from there driving to Ohio for the burial this week. Our deepest condolences to Sue, Karen, Ken, and Kevin as well as the rest of the family. Jason and I wish we could attend as well, but he just hasn't recovered enough to make the trip. We send you all our love and prayers.