Day 131--Waiting for the Sun

It feels great to be back in our own home and settling back in to a more normal routine. We were able to get things cleaned up so we could move in last Monday night, and I went back to work at the office on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we had our first return visit with Dr. Romero, a Fort Collins oncologist who monitors Torger's progress so we don't have to go to Denver every week. And on Friday, we went back to Poudre Valley Hospital--just half a mile from our house--to start up Torger's regular labwork there, again sparing us the Denver drive. The nurses in the lab seemed really happy to see Torger alive and doing so well, looking much stronger than he did when they last saw him in September.

Our big challenge for the next couple of months will be keeping warm. We decided not to use our heater while Torger's still on immunosuppressants because the furnace tends to circulate dust in the air. Dust=Danger. So instead, we bought some small radiant heaters, with no fans, that we're positioning strategically around the house to try and keep the temperature tolerable. It's been OK on sunny, warmer days, but if the thermometer falls below freezing, we'll probably have to go back to the hotel for a night. Still, after a week, we've finally got it to the point where we can get the temp up to around the mid-'60s for most of the day, which isn't bad. And once we get the new blinds on the windows this week, our ability to keep that heat inside should improve dramatically. In the meantime, it still feels like we're just kind of camping in the house, but life will gradually start to feel more normal. Torger did his radio show last night, and I'm going to force him to watch the Oscars with me later this evening. And when we go to sleep, we finally get to be in the same room, in the same bed. Even with icy feet and having to negotiate for an equal share of the covers, that's a great thing.