Eventful week

We have been on the go since the last posting. We have also been enjoying the time we have had with just the four of us. Troy's work pulled together money so we could have a cleaning service for 5 visits!! They gave us our first one on Wednesday and it was wonderful to not have to worry about keeping my house clean. Thank you, again, to everyone involved in getting that together and donating toward the wonderful gift. Ryan was brought to an immediate care facility Wed. night because he bonked heads with Derek while climbing over the couch pillows that they set up on the living room floor. He got a pretty good nose bleed that concerned me and he had been running a fever since Tues. night due to a cold so I took him in. He's perfectly fine now. Troy took Thurs. & Fri. off so we could all hang out together. We had a playset installed in the back yard for the kids on Saturday and we went to Hillcrest Orchards and then Burt's Pumpkin Patch on Sunday. Both places were pretty close to one another and it was 70 degrees out (don't be too jealous those of you in the Northeast!). We left the house at 10am and the places were about an hour north from home. I was constantly reminded that we had to be home for the Giants game at 4:00. They never show the Giants games down here so it is a big event when it happens. Yesterday Troy visited his new dentist who he likes a lot. We have been on a long search for the right one and we finally visited one that Hal Mendel had recommended and Troy likes him A LOT - thanks, Hal! Today we saw Dr. Riley and he had good news for us. He could not find any evidence of a tumor anywhere so he is giving that report to Dr. Goldsweig (we meet with him Nov. 5th). Unfortunately he is also giving him a report that Troy is suffering some hearing loss in his left ear due to the chemo medicine. I have mentioned that he has had ringing in his ears since his first round of chemo and the doctors have been monitoring that. He is scheduled to see an audiologist tomorrow morning. We will take the absence of the tumor over some hearing loss any day. We wish there could just be 100% good news to report, but sometimes we have to take the bad with the good. Anyway, I will catch up with you again in the next few days and let you know how it goes tomorrow.