Party went fine - three male friends came over to help police the 70-80 kids who were here. The kids were LOUD but overall really well behaved. S13 got his moment of glory, at one point in the party, he was standing up, rocking out playing Hendrix on his electric guitar, surrounded by a gaggle of admiring girls - every teenage boy's fatansy!

I was really sorry not to be able to be at hospital with H, but did send in a good friend of ours who had ovarian cancer last year to take care of him last night - I knew she was just the right person to hand my H his sippy cup and keep him distracted with surfing conversations (her boss, a guy who is also a good friend, came too.)

This morning H tells me he passed gas which is a major milestone to recovery. Hopefully he will come home tonight. I'll be leaving for the hospital in a few minutes.

Ellie