What do YOU do???

My sister Mary Anne and I have come to a realization that no matter what the circumstances, if you're doing what you love to do then life is good. No matter what. We had a good day on Sunday, we took Daddy to a local Jazz Society meeting that was featuring the band he plays with. He's missed a few gigs lately due to surgery and recovery, so everyone was so happy to see him and he was so happy to be there.

We weren't sure what to expect, it takes quite a bit of stamina for a healthy person to play three piano sets in five hours. Not to mention that he brought his bass trumpet to play during the jam sessions.....we really tried to get him to sit with us between sets, but we just couldn't hold him back...he was having a great time! His response to us, when we encouraged him to "rest up" between sets was: "I can rest on the WAY HOME". HA HA. What can we say?? "It's what he does."

Now we enter week five of the six weeks of initial treatment. His weekly blood work looks very good, he's tolerating the drugs and radiation fairly well. He's still experiencing fatigue (although you wouldn't have known it on Sunday!) but he's still got a fairly good appetite. Mary Anne has started him on smoothies in the morning, she sneaks in all kinds of good stuff like yogurt, psyllium husk, flax, protein powder and fresh fruit. I think they appeal to his need to "eat light".

Here's a little clip of Daddy playing with the group:

Wes "SHINES" at Jazz Sunday.

As you can see, he's marvelous. And of course all the other guys are too....unfortunately my little video clip isn't the best quality, the microphone doesn't do the sound of the band justice. But you get the idea!