Chemo - Cycle 2 - Day 2 - Fedoras Are Cool

Just me and Roberto today at the Infusion Center.  We wanted to give Adam a day off since he's been so great about helping us out.

Here's a current picture of Roberto.  He's so cute in his military hat.  It's not a real military hat, by the way.  We just picked up a hat from Target.  The choice was between the military hat or a fedora.  Coincidentally, we had just finished watching "White Collar" whose main character likes wearing fedoras.  Alas, I could not persuade Roberto to mimic Neal Caffery.

Here he is sitting pretty in his comfy chair.  We decided that driving the 20+ minutes to Sacramento was worth it instead of going to the Davis Infusion Center because the Sacramento chairs recline and have the seat warming option!  Now that Roberto is bald, the cool air of the Infusion Center makes him colder than before, so he's using the beanie from Tasia!

The Infusion Center has brand new medicine pumps!  They seem to be more convenient for the nurses to keep track of the drugs with the digital library that the pumps contain.  So far, the nurses have had to spend a lot more time pressing buttons in order to find the correct drug name.  Also, they've started a list of drugs that are not in the pump!  Totally convenient.  Well, at least they are shiny and new.

Around lunch time, Jim stopped by to keep us company.  He brought a card/board game with him called "San Juan."  Players slowly build plantations and buildings in order to colonize Puerto Rico.  I ... yeah, that seems like a sort of terrible theme.  Don't get me started on "Archipelago."

I thought that Roberto's appetite would have started to wane but after listening to the nurses talk about the restaurant Tres Hermanas, he sent me out to get a burrito!  "It's within walking distance," he said.  "It'll be really convenient!"  >_<  So, I had a lovely walk today through mid-town Sacramento. 

Two days down!  Three more days!  We're almost half way through.  Robostrong!

Friends and Games - Oh, and NO HAIR

Roberto has transformed!

He got fed up with the hair hurting him when he slept and when taking his hat off so he shaved the rest of the hairs.  Also, he was looking pretty mangy.  There is a bit of stubble because he had to use the electric shaver.  It's funny to see the tan line on his scalp from his hair.  Also, his head is very shiny in the sun!

Roberto is soooo happy now.  He spent the rest of the day commenting about how nice it is to not be in pain from removing his hat and how there are no more random hairs on his shirts.  He was also excited about the fact that he shaved all his hair!  Wearing his cap will be more vital now to protect his skin from the sun.  He needs to avoid getting sun burned.  Sun burns lead to burnt skin which may lead to an infection.  :(  In addition to being giddy about the lack of hair, he was trying to persuade me into shaving my own hair.  NO WAY. 

Later in the day, we got some visitors!  Eric and Michelle are visiting and we got a surprise visit from Kat and Rob!  We spent the day playing board games. I'm not talking about the fluff games of "Candy Land" or "Trouble".  The board games we like to play are along the lines of "Pandemic", "Smallword", and "Dominion."  Today, we tried out two games we hadn't played before: "Kingdom Builder" and "Seasons."  Both were pretty awesome!  Below are pictures of the games at the end.

Above is "Seasons" which is a sort of deck building and resource gathering game.  The rules and nuances of the game were challenging to learn at first.  Once we figured out the cards and resources, the game was a lot more fun.

Ah, "Kingdom Builder."  You try to build up your kingdom a few settlements at a time, but you can only build where you are told to build.  This game had simpler mechanics and was pretty easy to learn.

I haven't played board games for a while now, and I haven't played new ones for a long time so today was pretty fun.  Michelle and Eric brought "Pandemic" with them and it reminded me how I want to add it to our collection of board games.  Oops.  This blog just turned into a board games commentary blog! 

Tomorrow we'll make sure everything is in order for the second cycle.  Just a couple more days now.

Cycle 1 - Day 20