Another week

Evan came home from the hospital last Saturday afternoon. Kit was heading this way to visit Evan and was able to bring him home from Marshfield. Whatever was in that chemo recipe certainly seems to have knocked Evan for a loop. Although he's not down and out, he has been resting a lot and finding meals to be rather poor-tasting necessities. He'll probably perk up on Saturday when he heads north again to go chasing bears. Karl is coming for the weekend, so he'll go along, too. And Ned, too. Karl will be the only able body in the group and since he works nights, I can't imagine that he'll be a ball of energy when Evan and Ned plan to leave at 4:00 a.m. Saturday. But, if they see some bears, they'll all be happy.
Alyssa is coming home this weekend, too. She'll drive as far as Eau Claire and then carpool with Karl for the last leg of the trip. While the males are chasing bears, we'll be working on her new bedroom curtains. All of the windows in her apartment have blinds, but she thought curtains would add a greater degree of light control for Evan's long stay. I ordered some great fabric that arrived today. As usual, we let our optimism get the best of us and think we can sew with marathon endurance and results. She's thinking maybe she can get a dress cut out and I'm thinking that I might finally be able to make the shower curtain. Realistically, we'll be lucky to get her bedroom curtains done.
Evan will return to Minneapolis in another week -- or, as he says -- after another weekend, for a PET scan to see how the chemo has affected the Hodgkin's in his lung. That will determine what happens next. So he waits and Karl waits and we all wait. Patience is overrated.