Well, these are the "dog" days - waiting for a diagnosis. We are both doing pretty well at the waiting but we do have our moments.

This does provide time for some of those things that don't seem to get done otherwise. We (both of us) spent over 2 hours on the phone this morning with Comcast just trying to cancel our account at the lake. Do you know where your pin number, all email addresses, account numbers, answer to the secret question (do you even know your secret question?) and passwords are? Hopefully you are better organized than we are!

The good news is that Bill's platelet count was up on the last blood test - not quite normal but much better than it was. The bad news is that his white count is very low making the danger of infection very high. So - now that we've invested in Mrs. Dash, we can also invest in antibacterial soap for every room and lots of hand sanitizer.

We had our first catered dinner last night and it was excellent - a mediterranean chicken dish with figs, wild rice casserole, roasted asparagus and a wonderful salad with mangos. How lucky are we to have such good friends? We can hardly wait for Thursday and our next gourmet adventure. Linda, the caterer, also listened very carefully to Bill and delivered a plate of his favorite oatmeal/raisin cookies. This is all really helpful as Bill has a good appetite but continues to lose weight. Not so good for Marcia who eats the food and does not lose weight.

We are off to the doctor this afternoon - our new way of life! We are fortunate in that our whole series of docs seem to have taken a real personal interest in us and our predicament. They email and call within moments of any important information. Health care is a problem in this country but we surely have only kudos for those involved in our care.