Happy "Rebirthday"!

I just talked to mom. Today is Dad's "rebirthday". That's what they call it at the hospital. They bring in baloons and everything. Today they start putting the new stem cells in. He has seven bags today and seven bags tomorrow. He had just ordered some vanilla pudding for breakfast and had kept a little bit of soup down yesterday, so that was good news. They have him on medicine for the nausia (sp?) and that seems to be helping. The next week will be the worst they said, but today he seems to be doing well. Lance, Scott & Kristy left this morning to see them. We had all been grounded by Dad from going, so we'll see how that goes. Mom sounded good this morning. She said that Dad loved the ornaments of the grandkids we sent them. She has been taping them to the window in the shape of a Christmas tree. His back was still bothering him. Some muscle relaxers have been helping. So far so good. Thank you so much for all the prayers and thoughts about Dad and Mom too. We sure appreciate all of it . Love you dad. penny