Daily check in for all!!! #53

   This latest chemo is doing some numbers on me ... was like zombie for about two hours this morning ... now pretty good ... just in time to go in for the weekly blood draw in about 30-minutes. It's needed to check the white count since this chemo tends to destroy or alter the blood composition.

   The doggie count with Giz was just the 2 big white Pyranees at least a block away. Otherwise, it was an unadventurous drive this morning.

   Say Mags ...... so glad to hear that Karen is a TS and is not too threatening. I all 9-years we lived in Florida, we only got hit once with a hurricane ... and I well rememeber putting masking tape over the windows, filling the tub with water and going to the store for bottled water, batteries and food of course. But Clearwater to Tarpon Springs (we were in the middle of those) rarely got a hurricane. Howevever ...... the one we did get is well remembered. While we were at the Albertsons, my wifes water broke!!! So my youngest daughter, was born a week earlier. And the St. Pete Times had many stories of how busy the hospitals were.

   And oh yes ......... it is the Bears. Predicted score of 27-24. Since your TS is not too severe .... we can bash away for this Sunday!!!!

   Gotta to the doctors office ..... hope everyone has a great day.

Rob and Giz

   No doubt about it ...... a storm is coming! I heard yesterday that somewhere in Wyoming got 3 feet of snow!!! OMG!!! And it's moving East, as always. I noticed the steering wheel on the car this morning felt clammy .... yuk - that's a sign! Yep .... 69 degrees and highly humid this morning at 8am.

   It was an amazingly good drive this morning though. Gizzy was in doggie heaven - almost! The count was 6 dogs with one not seen before ... a really big (100+ pound) german sheppard. And the Lab pup behind us ...... cute ..... when Gizzy went outside just ahead of me, he stood at attention just looking - no barking. When I got far enough out to see what he was looking at, it was the Lab pup going back inside with her(his) tail wagging. Neither barked ... just looked!!!

   UA ..... thanks for your thoughts. This chemo is a little more challenging than the others I've had - but the Nurse Practitioner meeting went well yesterday. And Gizzy is doing well - sometimes a real stinker ... other times (like when it's storming) a 42-pound lap dog curling up against me. Thanks again.

   Karen ..... hope you get some relief of that dark stormy stuff ... and get a chance to take out Jazzy sometime today. What you're betting must be a different front than what we're going to get a little later today. Gizzy did alot of curl-up time with me this morning ... so he knows it's coming here!

   Patrick ..... what kind of 4-legged friend do you have? Just for your info ... Gizzy, who I write about frequently, is my 32-month old male Samoyed who at times acts like an 8-month old looking for something to get into ... and other times like a little lap dog - whicch he isn't!

   Hope everyone has a great day .... weathers the storms .... and finds some pleasure out of this day .... including healing if needed.