Life,Love, and Miracles

Hello!

Once again, I have been remiss in not writing on here. It has been a little over a month, and I really feel bad about this. I have been busy trying to run on fumes in my life, and I have been totally overwhelmed by trying to be busy, yet not accomplishing a thing. Just spinning my wheels. I have now made a promise to myself that I am going to stop all of the procrastination, and get really busy again. I have gotten some really great ideas for rejump starting my Etsy shop, and I intend to follow through on those.
I think my mind set has now been changed, and for good reason. Ben and I have been back down at MDAnderson Cancer Center in Houston for most of the week. Ben was here for his quarterly scans and blood work as follow up from his clinical vaccine trial for melanoma. He has been off the vaccine for a year now. The results were that the scans were all clear, and blood normal! WooHoo!!!!! This gives us something to really celebrate. The docs here said that we won't have to come back here again except once a year. The rest of the time, Ben can see his oncologist in Louisville every four months. His oncologist here trained with the one in Louisville, so he is confident that Ben will be in good hands. If anything does show up again on subsequent scans, we will be right back here. We are so greatful and excited about this turn of events. It will also be a wonderful help financially since we won't have to pay for flights and hotels now.

We are headed home today, after a long layover in St Louis. I can hardly wait to get jhome to my own bed, and to see the dogs. I know they will be happy to see us. We are fortunate to have a pet sitter that comes to the house several times a day to feed and let them out. I hate putting them in the kennel. They get totally discombobulated when we leave them, and I would rather have them at home in familiar safe surroundings.

Time to go to the airport. Later, Mary