Hello to all! Sorry for not posting more but I am currently responsible for the inpatient service for my group. The service has been rather busy (16-20 patients, one in the ICU) and I have not been home much. James and Joel continue to enjoy All Sports Camp and Kathryn seems to have more than enough to do. By the time I get home each night, she is exhausted. Bill is getting ready for VBS. The mothers love to have a man to run the Games portion of the week. Actually, there are now a few men involved. One is another stay-at-home dad with 2 boys. His wife is a radiologist at St. Jude. Another is a teacher at one of the local high schools.
I think most of you know that Bill's mother, Henriette, has been undergoing treatment for metastatic kidney cancer. She had been having trouble with some side effects and had been off her oral chemotherapy for about 3 weeks. She is feeling much better off the medication and her tumors do not seem to have grown in the last month. Very good news as I was concerned that some of her problems were due to growing tumor, not side effects of the chemotherapy. She saw her oncologist yesterday and will start a different oral chemotherapy in a few days. She was more upbeat than I have heard her in a while. Thanks to everyone who has been offering prayers.
For those of you in the Atlanta area, Bill and kids are probably heading that way on July 1 and I will follow on July 4 on an early morning flight. I already promised to give a lecture to the new fellows on July 3. We will be around for the following week and probably return home on July 11 or 12.
I better go hit the Stairmaster before I run out of time. Love to all. Lisa
