these past few days Marc has been passing his time in the solarium on the cancer floor at the UCSF hospital. it's a gorgeous room with a panoramic city view including the ever famous golden gate bridge which is stunning against the sea and the green. besides enjoying the breathtaking beauty of this room, Marc has been sharpening his skills in scrabble, trivial pursuit, and olympic-game-watching.
he had his first chemo since his hospital return on saturday and once that clears from his system he will have four successive days of a different kind of chemo.
he also had some old friends stopped by from afar (so cal and colorado) for some special visitn' time. and they have proof... an i-phone picture below. i'm pretty sure they are trying to mimic a first-day-of-school photo which is also posted in the rally hat gallery here (they are 3rd from the bottom):
(pictured here: krista, Marc, and kyle in the solarium)
and by-the-way, in both the old and new pictures could they possibly be mimicking the teenage mutant ninja turtles? it's the first thing that came to mind when i saw each of them.
if you think of any great go-to scrabble words post them with any other comments... skill-building and encouragement... could anything be better?
TURTLE POWER!
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Great to talk to you tonight Marc, you are a rockstar. own it!
ReplyDeletethe best scrabble word for those pesky "Q's" is Qi. It's pronounced "chee" and it's a chinese word that has made its way into the english vernacular per acupuncture/acupressure and the like. never again will you be stuck with a lot of points and nothing to do with 'em!
XO,
am
Hey Marc,
ReplyDeleteHang in there, big guy. This place just isn't the same without you driving in everyday and forcing me to freeze my tail off to say hi...Just kidding. Everybody at the gatehouse misses you.
See you soon,
Damian
Hi Marc,
ReplyDeleteAnother great 'Q' but no 'U' word is QAT: it is a kind of bush.
I worked with the college group at High Street Community Church when Amber was at UCSC.
My little niece was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma when she was 10. She had a truly rigorous round of R-CHOP chemo treatments. It was awful, but she is now 12-1/2 and in remission. Even her curly red hair is growing back. Not sure what type of chemo they have you on.
I will be praying.
Hugs to you, new friend!
Laurie Herlich
Amber, great post! Marc sure does sound like he has a lot more energy. Kyle and I spoke with him on sat. evening and he was excited to go home. My brother even had to get off the phone because he was too tired before Marc did.
ReplyDeleteMarc, enjoy the fresh Truckee air!
-Krista