Tuesday am

You can tell it's the day after a holiday by all the increased activity and personnel around the hospital.

Enjoyed the trip in this morning on the hotel van because the Markham House maintenance engineer was on the van working on the ac.He and I talked Air Force. He was in aircraft maintenance during the VN war and served mostly in Thailand in pressurization and life support. He was familiar with my old squadron from NKP ,Thailand, the 23d TASS flying OV-10 Broncos. When the unit left Viet Nam and came to Austin,Tx where I joined the unit.

We are in a room now with an older couple from Deb's childhood home and family homestead,Adamsville,Tn. That is also where Buford Pusser the Walking Tall sheriff was from.Deb knew him from childhood.

Deb is finishing her chemo.24 hours from now she gets her stem cell transplant. Although it is a huge important potentially life saving event to us,the nurse says it will be anti-climatic since it mostly resembles a transfusion to us. In the coming days the chemo will really kicknin and Deb's immune system will be erased, then rebuilt.So, the next one-three weeks will be challenging to see how Deb reacts to the chemo as well as the stem cells.

Thanks for your support. Amanda is in the last days before her baby comes and we would love to be back home for the arrival.

Vern