Thursday, September 16, 2010

Time in Toronto

We've been down in Toronto since June 1st but haven't really spent time in it... so when we got down here on Sunday night we spent the night on our sailboat that we have harbored in the National Yacht Club (that we moved back down from Port Elgin when we had to figure out how we were going to manage the time that would have to be spent down here and economically it was the better way to go then rent an apartment).  The idea was to get blood work done, hang out a bit in the city and then get a bed for chemo round 5 to begin.  We were suprised when Skids called us and told us that his counts were not high enough to start chemo!  We hadn't had that before... and they told us to go home and get counts done again Wednesday and we will go from there... so, what do we do?  You have to understand that when we make the trek down to TO that it is a big job.  Packing everything, organizing the house to leave it for a week, etc... the thought of going north for a day, unloading, and possibly repacking the next day didn't really appeal to us... so we decided to stay down and take in TO.
So Jake and Dad went to the Science Centre, I went to work (nice change), had dinner with close friends (thank you Charlie, Martin and kids) Tuesday, Wednesday went to the ROM, dinner at Donetello's (lovely italian restaurant, highly recommend going to) and Toy Story 3 in 3D!  Feels great for a couple days not to have to think about the obvious... every single minute of the day...
So we got the finger poke done and Jakes counts were now good enough.  Now unfortunately they declared, there were no beds to start chemo!  So here we are on Thursday sitting on the boat while the rain outside pours down around us hoping that a bed becomes available as Jake is on a high note and do you know what it is like to keep a 7 year old amused in a very small (but comfy) surrounding?!!  LOL
Oh I will have to think of something like maybe...Eaton Centre shopping?! YES

1 comment:

  1. Kind of a nice blessing to have some time off, so to speak. I hope that you are able to find some more fun things to do until a bed becomes available (what a system!). We were recently at the Science Centre and it was great fun (the AGO and Centre Island are other good ones). Take care, Antonia

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