Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

When we went in for chemo today, there was an issue--the nurse couldn't get a good blood return from Allen's power port. Hoping that it was a minor issue, she tried a few fixes.  However, ultimately she had to inject Allen with a dye that showed up on x-ray to get to the bottom of things.  Unfortunately, the problem was a big one.  Allen's port is defective.  So, after many long conversations and help from The Cancer Ninja (who was on vacation and took time out to help us--he really is the best doctor EVER), Allen now has surgery to replace his port tentatively scheduled for sometime on Friday and chemo has been rescheduled for Monday.  We were joking that the big kids' consignment sale is coming up this week, and I have signed up to work an ungodly amount of hours to shop early on Friday--Allen still wants to go after surgery (he loves a good bargain), so I told him he will probably still be so doped up that he will let me buy WHATEVER I want.  Hmmmm...maybe this delay wasn't such a bad thing after all.  :)

In other, more positive news...LOOK what Allen woke up to today:

His amazing co-workers surprised him by decorating the house this morning!  We are so lucky to have such thoughtful friends! Thank you again to everyone for all their emails, calls, texts, food, flowers, and prayers! They are all appreciated and mean so much!