A photo from last night. Some friends Photoshopped David’s pictures for comedic effect, and we showed them to his mom. All, even the raunchy ones. She got a big kick out of them!
A big thanks to those who wrote to David’s mother, who was pleasantly surprised to receive mail from people she hadn’t met before, [...]

David’s home from the hospital, and hiccupping like crazy. It’s one of the side-effects of chemotherapy, something we’d never heard of — we only previously knew about nausea. Another one we didn’t know about was sneezing, but it isn’t happening as much.Dave’s Logbook - Home, Hopeful, and *hic*
We had a visitor drop by shortly after [...]

David’s been given his discharge papers, I’m off to pick him up…

The oncologist examined the results of the battery of tests they performed on David yesterday to determine whether the cancer had spread. Containment makes all the difference in the world right now.
David reported a little while ago that his brain scans and bone scans came back clear, and he will probably be released tomorrow instead [...]

Thanks to Mrs. D and her delightful cookies, I got to taste the West Coast again and David got to take a bite out of the East.
His first day at the hospital was a busy one: Dave’s Logbook - Day One
For people wondering, there’s no internet access in David’s room. I took my computer along [...]

David had scans all day today of his entire body and a bout of chemotherapy, so I haven’t seen him yet. I’ll go to the hospital in about an hour and bring my PowerBook so he can write about it and I can post his text when I get home.

This photo was taken at home on Monday night with David’s old Pentax SLR. I didn’t use a tripod, so I’m surprised it came out at all, what with our hideous kitchen lighting. I had to do some post-production in Photoshop for colour correction, but at least I’ve learned enough PS to have some control over that. Beats buying filters.

It’s one of my favourite photos of David so far. We’re sitting on the kitchen floor, assembling an office chair that Mom Fielding generously bought for David to spare him from more back pain.

David’s always been a reluctant portrait subject, but he’s indulging me more these days. I want people to see more of him and know how much I love him.

We’re supposed to get married in six weeks, but I think this is as good a time as any to wear our wedding rings.

David designed them himself, using the stones from his late grandmother’s ring (which holds both her wedding and engagement stones, plus his mother’s, 7 in all). They bring us familial comfort while David is in the hospital having chemotherapy and extensive testing done (bone and brain scans, etc.). This is a critical time, as this type of cancer has an alarming rate of spread and early treatment will make all the difference in the world.

This will be brief as we’re about to go to the hospital, where David will be admitted right away to a private room on the 9th Floor.
David cyber-jotted some notes of our visit with the oncologist this afternoon:
Dave’s Logbook - We Leap Into Action
We’re both rather nervous, so I suggested we wear our wedding rings [...]

From Saturday’s mission to find lakes. David’s wearing his CAP golf shirt because we’d just attended the end of the “Camp Jeep” WWII aircraft display. The people fishing at Tobyhanna Lake probably thought he was a park warden coming around to inspect their license!
For some real fun David should’ve whipped out his [...]

Sticking our feet in Lake Tobyhanna on Saturday. Some relief after discovering Gouldsboro Lake had disappeared.
You can certainly tell which feet are which: mine are the ones trying to escape from the slitherers and the insects, David’s are right at home.