Saturday - 8 September 2012

Happy Birthday, Ike!  32 years ago today we were blessed with a baby boy who has been mostly a joy ever since.  We are very proud of you.

It has been a great week.  Jane and Ike harvested 4.5 gallons of honey from our hives. It must have been my good supervision.

Also, all my numbers, blood counts. are in the normal range which made the Doc and me very happy.  If they continue to remain up over the next 3 or 4 months he will do another biopsy to see if a a marrow transplant is in order. He believes the chemo is still working because it is too soon for an impact from the current rounds of Vidaza to be reflected in the blood counts.  This is good news so we are cautiously optimistic.  We still will not know anything for certain for several months but for now all is good.  Chemo head is gone as some of it was caused by low blood pressure.  I am now off most all high BP meds.

We are headed to the Mountain Song Festival today at the Brevard Music Center for some good bluegrass sounds, beer, and bar-b-que. 

Had a great visit with Jim and Sandy Melton who drove up from their new East Coast home in Cumming, Ga.  What a great visit.  Thanks for driving up guys.  Also, had a call from Bobby Briggs.  It is wonderful to hear from friends.

"Doubt has never changed anything, belief changes things." Amish Proverb again,