The man I married ....

Today was day two at home for me.Another day to rejuvenate or at least try to, before I head back,probably tomorrow.Jess is still here.As well as Danny and Caitlin.They head home later tomorrow afternoon.Jess will head out in the morning.Jess is running another marathon,the LA one.Again with Team in Training and again for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.She is a mentor and a trainer this time.It will require a little more work but she is really looking forward to it.Last time she ran with the knowledge that her sister was born with a transient form of Leukemia.This time .... a sister with AML.So unbelievable.Tomorrow is the LA Buddy Walk.Team Little Wonders raised 3950.00.I am so proud of this little team and so sad not to be walking tomorrow.Who would have thought?Tonight Jess and I went down to visit Zoey.We didn't get there until 10:oopm.She was thankfully fast asleep.So peaceful and so beautiful.I walked into the room and found that my husband was more than capable of stepping in and doing an incredible job.Not that I doubted it.First,he had already more than charmed the night nurse.I think she was in love.In fact she basically told me so herself.Next,I head for Zoey and find her looking such like the princess that she is.Mark had made her bed all perfect.Her special blankets looking just so.Her toys placed perfectly around her crib.She looked amazing.Mark even put Vaseline on her lips to keep them moist and soft.I then look at her big white board and he has written Zoey Grace in these darling bubble letters.He had a journal,one that Caitlin had bought for him as well.In it were all the times he changed her diapers.Keeping track and changing them every 1-1/2 hour,without fail because the chemo is so,well,toxic for lack of a better term,you have to make sure that you never let them sit in any kind of moisture because the break down of their skin will happen almost immediately.I could go on and on but suffice it to say,21 years ago I really lucked out.Mark loves that little girl more than anything.One would only have had to glance around the room momentarily and it would have been more than apparent.As for the brave little one.She had a fairly good day.The other day she received her first platelet transfusion and today it was a red blood cell boost.They had to stick her for an IV because they can't use her port for that.The IV stick made her mad, to say the least.The thought is that the the rich blood will perk her up a bit.She is weathering things well.I continue to be amazed by her strength and resiliency.She had lots of smiles for her daddy all day long.I wish every day would be like this but I know to just take it for what it was and today,well,today was a decent day.I really should be taking advantage of the time change here but I am trying to just get something down,however,disconnected it sounds and flows.I am tired.Today I didn't cry .. not once.It bothered me a bit.I wondered if I was becoming a little detached from it all.Forgetting in some moments that we were actually living and walking this road.But I tell you,there is no other person I would rather be traveling this life with than Mark.I am so proud of you Mark.You are an incredible dad and father and I love you more than you could know.Well,I had been planning on taking advantage of the time change but here I am, still up ... barely.Keep those prayers coming.Thank you to all of you who copied and pasted Zoeys button to your sites for people to link to.The more prayers the better we are.The better Zoey is.That wraps it up.I suppose.More to follow tomorrow.Time for me to climb into bed and collapse.I actually have dozed off a few different times even writing this post.Clear sign that I have got to call it a night.Prayers for Miss Zoey continue.She is a wonder this child of mine.She really and truly is.