Did we end up in Boston after all?

It's COLD here in Houston! And much like the expectation of an inch of snow will paralyze us in NC, the dire predictions of freezing rain shut down parts of Houston (including some schools and roads), yet nothing fell. At all. I heard parts north of Houston did get some ice, though, and we're still predicted to get a blast tonight. We'll see.

Right now Judith and I are hanging around the Proton center here at MD Anderson while Chase is having his simulation CT scan. That's quick! Tonight he'll get a 3-D MRI of his brain, and a week from Monday he's expected to start treatment. Until then he has appointments for bloodwork and his final Vincristine shot, and an opportunity to bug Judith daily (more likely hourly) to allow him to fly home until the 29th.

We got the grand tour of the center, and I'll have some pictures later (this place is well equiped but still, this computer can't read my camera card). It's very nice and bright, and all the folks we've met have been very friendly and knowledgable too. Bored as he'll be, I think this is the right place for him.

He'll have his whole brain and spine treated, with a "boost" to the tumor bed for the best chance to avoid a recurrence. Twenty treatments in all, so that's expected to take 4 weeks. Counting on my fingers, he should be home by the end of February. Don't hold me to that - things always seem to change...