March 10, 2006 at 04:23 PM EST

March 10, 2006 at 04:23 PM EST
Today is Day 8. Things have been moving along at a steady pace and today is just a day that Dave is sitting with Simon being bored and lonely at the hospital alone. Things are stable and his counts are still low going up or down a tenth of a point or so. He is still struggling to keep down food and they tell us its not from the chemo anymore but from his gut not being used to working properly. He is still losing weight and we keep hoping he will start to be able to eat and gain weight back again. They are starting to slow him off his pain meds and will slowly start taking him off of his IV medicine and put him on some of it orally. They are trying to get him in good shape for when he can be released in the weeks to come. We are nervous for him to come off some of the meds because he has been doing so good on them and we get nervous for his skin again. Its a very crucial time for his immune system and we cannot take any chances on him getting any kind of infection. We want to come home and stay home.

So that is all that is going on. Its all waiting right now and thank god simon is stable and doing ok. Continue to pray that Marrianas cells are making their way to Simons bone marrow and will take over completely in the next 100 days and that we see only her cells in the next couple of weeks. Check out some new photos posted. Thank you all for your support and friendship. we mean that from our hearts. thank you Love Tracy and David