Day +31

If it were not for the fact that we are in Houston Texas, in an apartment on the 23rd floor of a building, in 100+ degree weather and had spent most of the afternoon at M.D. Anderson Hospital, it would seem like a normal Friday evening!! We just completed dinner and Katherine is presently preparing dessert....ice cream and Butler chocolates that Dorry brought from Ireland. If we just close our eyes...... we could be back home in a moment.

Bill continues to get stronger daily. He does not have to go back to the hospital until Tuesday. He says he will venture out to a restaurant tomorrow evening. Tess arrived this morning and Ryan arrives tomorrow morning. We plan to meet Micky and Lee Ann Quinlan for dinner tomorrow evening. We are looking forward to it very much.

It is getting a little harder to make the blog interesting as thankfully we are in a period of "non events". I will continue to update it as best I can ,though sometimes there will not be a lot to report. Please continue to keep Bill in your prayers. Like I said yesterday. Leukemia is a tricky business with lots of twists and turns. Each good result builds upon itself. This is a long road ,we have just passed the first milestone. There are many more to go. Thank you all for joining us in this difficult journey.