Day 2

 Tessa woke up this morning pretty unhappy. She gagged when she tried to take a bite of something, so we nixed the eating for a while. Her mouth and throat has become quite sore and swollen. She is able to eat on and off, but everything tastes "spicy" or is too rough on her mouth. Her taste buds are being killed off my the chemo. They will come back eventually, but it will take a while. Because we were hitting the PCA button so frequently, they increased her basal dose. Since then she's had a pretty good day.

Tessa had a really good time playing and reading with her daddy. He even made the babies talk for his Tessa! What a good daddy.

After the hard time that I found myself having yesterday I knew that I was going to need a really good walk to survive the day. There are wonderful pedestrian trails all around the Stanford campus. The cold air is wonderful and makes me feel more alive. Even at 9:30 there is still frost in the shadowy places of the woods. It was peaceful and rejeuvinating to be outside on a quite Sunday morning.

Pedestrian trails around Stanford

Uncle Mattie came to visit in the afternoon and helped Tessa to put a second coat of pink paint on her remote control car. 

Tessa really enjoyed the process of painting her car. Focused little bean.

Had a really good time with Uncle Mattie. Come back soon!

Dee Dee came by this evening and read books to Tessa. She is so wonderful with Tessa and such a patient animated storyteller (our Tessa is just like the interrupting chicken with her questions, little smarty). Dee Dee is reading Knuffle Bunny to Tessa for the 10th time and acting it out with the babies. Did I mention that she also brought us dinner and See's candy? We love you Dee Dee!!! 

Lots more smile today. Thank you!!!!