Spinal Tap and More Sleep

Hi Everyone,

Eric had his spinal tap around noon today, and everything went fine. Eric asked Sara and me to stay in the room with him during the procedure, and he did really well. I know I would be so scared I would be bawling, but he barely even flinched. :) They were able to take a sample of his fluid, measure the fluid pressure, and give him the prophylactic chemo treatment. The chemo was literally green. We told him that they were injecting Mountain Dew into his spinal fluid. :) After the spinal tap, he was able to fall asleep and has been sleeping since. The poor guy needed sleep so badly. He slept well last night (though he thinks he got only 4 hrs, he really got much more), but he has a week's worth to make up. To tell you the truth, I was able to take a 2 hr nap as well, which did wonders.

When he's awake, we've started reading everyone's blog comments and cards to him. He really really likes hearing from everyone. We've only made it partially through the stack of cards we've received (we've gotten over a 100!!!) because we don't want to tire him out too much too fast.

That's pretty much all for today. Thank goodness for another calm day and sleep!

Love,
Melissa