Hi to all of Markysbuddy's

Hope you all are enjoying a Saturday "without incident" !

Im afraid to even speak it out loud, that Marky's had a
GREAT couple of days !----aside from the usual vomiting,
intense itching from drug side-effects, IV feeding, and the
constant paranoia of possible relapse or infection -!

If you dont think about those things, he's doing FANTASTIC !

I even got up early and left the house to get some physical
exercise this morning ! As if I were a normal person with a
normal life! Oh, I can pretend, can't I ! :)

Also spent the afternoon trying to study to re-re-take my
Ultrasound Vascular Board exam ! Dont ask the details behind the
re-re-take thing....it gives ME intense itching/hives !

But, I DO have some advice for others.....Don't take a Board
Exam the morning after you've been up ALL night at a hospital
with a critically ill child.. that's all i'll say about that !

Except that Board exams are EXPENSIVE..$200.00 a whack !
No discount for the more times you attempt to pass them, either!
I've become old friends with the proctor at the testing center, too.
Thats NOT a good thing....

So, as usual, its all about me! BUT....there would be NO ME..
without all of you to prop me up and tell me to keep going, to
leave large volumes of Diet Coke and even larger continent sized
chocolate chocolate bars at "just when i needed it most" moments.

You offer words of hope and encouragement, silent and uttered
prayers, home-cooked dinners, laundry service, house cleaning
dog walking, auction bidding, buddy walking, yellow ribbons,
crowd cheering, gluten free advising, and so much more !

So, to all of you, thank you for caring about US and reaching out
of your OWN busy lives to help us.

I look forward to someday being able to pay you "forward"
with good works to others in need.

Love you all, Lynette