Classmates, friends, and angels + News

While in the USAF in a previous life, Vern served with Buster Godbee, whose wife Gloria is also a friend. We were based at Moody AFB GA, Patrick AFB FL, and here in at Little Rock AFB ARK 25+ years ago. Well, we caught up with them yesterday and had lunch together. After being around their children Charity and Chad back in the seventies, Deb and I decided we wanted kids. Buster also gave Vern his pre-marital counseling.

MelBell changed many of Deb's dressings last year and was so kind and gentle, It was great to see her again!

Today we ran across old classmates Don and Anita Schaffer. We had a great visit.

Later we saw nurse Gina and finally got in to see the doctor for our eleven am appointment which started mid-afternoon. Although we were planning to fly home this afternoon, I cancelled the flight plan so we can return in the morning. Too much, too late, too bad!  Conservative flying practices!

Why? Because we have a tad of bad news!

We saw another research doctor today because Dr Nair was out of town at a conference. He is from Holland, and named Frits VanRhee .

Although Deb is still in remission, there were two noteworthy issues: 1-An enlarged spot on Deb's breastbone (which had begun hurting her) and 2-an unusual spike in one of her cancer measurements.

These two clues caused the Doc to err on the side of caution and bring us back for retesting in 30 days.

So,  we plan on being here mid January to determine if these clues are meaningful, or not. We were told that if the spot grows, we will immediately re-enter a strong chemo program similar to what we had the first year and that we should be prepared to stay for one day  up to 3 + weeks.

How about them apples?