We have grown to enjoy our travel time to and from Omaha. Some days we talk most of the way there and back... and some days we enjoy our travel companions, Jane and Lou. Last week we finished the marvelous story of Jane Eyre (Book-On-Tape) and this past week we started Unbroken, the amazing survival stories of Olympic runner and WWII survivor, Louis Zamperini. Mike says that if Louis can survive ship wrecked at sea for 40-some days eating only seagulls, he can survive six weeks of mouth radiation.
We have also enjoyed our waiting room friends, John and Janice Sheehan. They drive everyday from Sioux City for radiation treatments for a non-cancerous tumor on John's brain. We have grown to anticipate crossing paths with them in the waiting room and are sad if we miss them. John and Mike share mask sympathy and daily check up on each other with simple guy banter. It is encouraging to have such healthy looking people in the waiting room with us because quite honestly some of the people in the waiting room look like they don't have the strength to utter even a greeting. We are thankful for these new friends.
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