Last night Chase got to participate in Ragsdale High School's homecoming court, which was, in a word, "awesome". He also made sure to pass on the word to me that his date was "beautiful". I have a suspicion he's going to pay for that remark...

He'll be staying overnight in Chapel Hill with friends tonight, after hanging around with and watching the UNC baseball team play tonight. I'm not sure what he does/did there, but they're being awfully nice to the lowly freshman. I saw the bat everyone signed back when he was in the hospital; that's quite a keepsake!

Buddy and Jacob stayed home and let Judith drive Chase to Chapel Hill. I'm sure that had nothing to do with the HUGE HDTV loaner someone kindly dropped off this afternoon. Once they pick their jaws up off the floor, they'll be firmly planted in front of it for the duration of the sports season, which means...um, forever? Let Chase handle the remote occasionally, okay?

So, on to the not so fun stuff. Chase has an appointment with the Oncologist Sunday afternoon to map out a treatment plan and discuss second opinions, etc. He'll also get a port put in later this week, probably similar to this type. A port will make chemo a little easier, since they won't have to put in an IV each time. It also makes this whole tumor thing seem quite a bit more real.

Hey, since just mentioning an HDTV in this blog made one magically appear, I'd just like to mention that this computer I'm slaving over writing these blogs is over 3 years old and getting a little cranky ;-).