Mon., Jan. 21st--Today Michael was scheduled for another chemotherapy treatment. The whole gang came with us this time because it was a school holiday. Marie, Michael, J.R., Madelyn, and I headed down to Pasadena the night before to visit Dori and her family before Michael's appointment. In the morning, we went to Roscoe's House of Chicken N' Waffles for breakfast. That was quite an experience! Everyone should give it a whirl at least once in their life. I mean, seriously, when are you ever going to choose to eat chicken with a syrup covered waffle at the same time! Mikey and J.R. had a pretty fun time after breakfast seeing who could slurp the most water out of their tiny cups using just their tongues. They had to lap it up like dogs without tipping their cups. 
After breakfast, we headed over to City of Hope in Duarte for Michael's second chemo treatment. This time he brought his DS to help entertain him while he got the infusion. This was a pretty good distraction except that the machine kept beeping and we think it was because his arm was raised up so that he could see the screen. I think the cord was getting kinked. The nurses had to come in a few times to fix the problem. Mikey's such a cutie that they didn't seem to mind!
What a little pretender! Michael is not really in pain in this next picture!
Ah! Now there's the handsome face and smile I just can't get enough of! 
During this treatment he did pretty well compared to later ones that he has had, but after the treatment was the hard part. We left City of Hope to pick up J.R. and Madelyn at Dori's house and the extra long car ride was hard because Michael felt so nauseous from the chemo. We got him home though and into bed to rest.
