Hello, all. Today was a long day filled with Dr.'s appointments for both Bill and Marcia. Thank goodness for our good friends Ann and Mike. Mike stayed with Bill this morning while Ann went to the doc in Tacoma with Marcia. This afternoon they took us out to Group Health for our appointments. This oxygen management thing is an art and it really helped to have all hands on board. And, the moral support means everything.

Marcia got all of her stitches out - drains will come out early next week. The news from her oncologist wasn't bad but not quite what we expected. The tumor was about double the size they originally thought. Unfortunately, that makes it just large enough to require some additional testing. While they got the entire tumor and there was no cancer in the lymph nodes they will do some additional testing (22 genes) that will result in a score. If the score is high then they will likely recommend chemotherapy. If it is low there is no need to do anything else. We likely won't know the results for about a month. So, we really believe that all is well but will need to do some additional patient waiting.

Bill was very tired today and had limited stamina. The doc says this is probably because of the steroids he is taking. Fortunately we don't have any appointments for the next couple of days so we'll stay home, nap and generally work on getting well!