Is that YOUR medicine?

Grant went back to the clinic today to see Dr. Heym and get more chemo. He actually did REALLY great today. The whole visit was fairly uneventful. When I told him this morning that we were going to the clinic today, he said he wasn't going to get a poke. I was very light-hearted and said oh I think you are. So he started trying to decide which finger he wanted Maribel to poke. I told him he didn't need to pick b/c he was getting his poke in his port today. No response. But, from the time we put the cream on to numb it until they DEaccessed him, he was much calmer than usual and pretty cooperative. Most of the time, all of those steps require a lot of hard work. Dr. Heym didn't even know he'd been accessed b/c he hadn't heard any commotion. Dr. Heym seems surprised every time we see him at how well Grant is doing and how well he handles the chemo. All of his numbers were up today and he checked out fine. He did get 2 drugs today through his port. But, he does not have to go back for another dose until Sept. 10. Woo hoo!
In other news, we went to church on Sunday and Grant went to big church with Rudy and I. We happened to be observing The Lord's Supper. There were many comical statements made by Grant as we tried to explain what was going on and he tried to figure it out. But the one most telling of his situation was when Rudy picked a juice from the tray and Grant very seriously and almost sadly said, "Is that YOUR medicine?"
Trent has been ok'd to attend MDO occasionally through this phase of treatment. We are going to try to take him a few times in September. He is very social and needs to be around some other kids his age.
Also, I am driving a new (to me) car. We were driving to my parents' on Saturday and my check engine light started going crazy. The engine began misfiring and we knew we had trouble. We dropped the boys off and went to the car dealership. We left with a 2004 Explorer. There's always something going on.......