August 28, 2004

Michael’s left eye looks really red and is sensitive to the light so Mickey called the Dr. She suggested that we take him into the ER at Cooks just to be on the safe side. Grandma decided to go back to the hotel while we went to the hospital. We found out that Michael’s counts are little lower than they were on Monday, but are wondering if it is just a difference in machines or if his counts really have dropped. I guess we will find out on Monday when we go to the clinic. The Dr. put drops in Michael’s eye and checked for ulcers on the cornea but didn’t see any. They changed his eye antibiotic and told us that the ophthalmologist will want to see us on Monday, but it didn’t appear that anything of major concern was going on with Michael’s eye. The Dr. really feels that it is just lingering side effects from the radiation. Grandma came back over when we got home and Justin and Michael helped finish icing the cupcakes. They did a good job. After that we ran to Denton to get Michael’s prescription filled and stopped to eat at the Evergreen Chinese Restaurant. Michael tried to eat some crab meat, but he said it still didn’t taste good. At least he tried. Later that night grandma told the boys goodbye before she went back to hotel. Her flight was going to leave early in the morning and she wouldn’t have time to come by in the morning. The boys were really sad to see grandma go home.

Justin and Michael having fun icing the cupcakes

Michael is such a talented artist. He drew this picture free hand of "Rex" from Toy Story