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There's really not much to report. The doctors continue to be pleased that Sam is having minimal side effects and...so far...no infections or fevers. I feel as though typing that is just asking for trouble, but it is so far the truth. We are scheduled for more chemo this week and a biopsy on July 2nd to see what's going on with the darn leukemia that really needs to find a new address...we just keep trucking along...

Long days of chemo last week led us to a short clinic visit on Friday and a lot of resting and playing for the last couple of days. On Saturday, Sam begged for a "special outing" and since the weather wasn't too sunny or hot, I agreed to a trip to the Milwaukee Zoo.

Yes, he wore his black socks and carried his security-bucket everywhere. Except when he was eating popcorn. Then guess who had the privilege of carrying it? (Thanks to the dose of Zofran he took before we left, he didn't need to make use of it!)

Sam informed me that I'm a good zoo companion. I am good at map-reading, I am interested in the animals, and I help him read the animal facts. Yes, this is the review that I received as we drove away from the zoo. I promised to put all of this on my resume.

We've played a lot of Sorry...He was FULL of energy tonight, which I hope means only good things.

Karen taught Sam to play Crazy 8s and I'm sure I should say thank you to her, but can you see this evil expression on his face? Yep. That's what it's like to play cards with a trash-talking seven-year-old.

Tomorrow the rest of the family returns from their sojourn to Green Lake and Sam (and I) can't wait to have everyone back together. I do believe that the proprietors of Hotel Maison de Casa House are bracing themselves...