Special Guest Posting-----Here's Bobby!!!!!!!

Well Mary Day, you wanted an update....how about a special guest posting from the big guy himself? We are shamelessly stealing the title from Deb and Joe....thanks guys. Okay, here's Bob...

Hello all you fans out there. A round of applause for Mo. I deeply appreciate everyone who wrote on the blog; when my spirits were low your comments were very uplifting. Also I want to thank everyone who kept me in their prayers, and sent cards and gifts. Remember this was only the first inning..(Mo says Oh My God, there's 8 more to go????). Please keep up your support. It really means so much to Mo and I.

I'm really relishing being at home and had a good day today. I went to CMMC(local hospital) for platelets, as my count was 14,000. We were pretty happy w/ that...thought it would be lower, as I haven't had platelets since last Thursday. My hgb was 9.1, so that's really holding steady, as I haven't had a transfusion of red cells in almost 2 weeks. And my white count is 2.8. That's lower than when I left the hospital, but we don't have a neutrophil count yet(What is it w/ the damn neutrophils, Mo wants to know), and hope to hear about that tomorrow, since that really governs how cautious I need to be. But it was good to be out and to be seen...ran into Dr. JK, but missed my fishing buddy Pharmacist Phil. I gave Mo heck for not waking me up when you stopped in Phil.(Yeah, I'm still reeling from that scorching Bob gave me). We stopped at our new Tri-valley office on the way home, and I got the grand tour. The place looks great, but even better looking were all my Tri-Valley compadres. It was wonderful to see you folks even just for a little while. Than after quick stops at the bank and post office, I insisted on lunch from the Sandwich Mill in Kulpsville, where I feasted on a large cheesesteak made by the owner herself our good friend Kathi M. (Mo says the lunch hour was over and there wasn't a crowd and I couldn't keep him from going in even if I had a pack of wild dogs to sic on him). When we got home, I rested up, watching poker on TV(Mo fell asleep on the sofa). Now Mo's making me work on the blog...she's a real slave-driver, nagging me all the time...never lets up at all. Hee-hee-hee. After we're done here I'm going to take a nap in bed, as the recliner gets uncomfortable after so long.

So, we're hangin' in here...doin our best each day. We go to see my MD at Penn on Friday to discuss where we'll go from here, and we'll update you after that. In the meantime...KEEP THOSE BLOGS COMING!!!!(he made me write that). I'm reading them myself now, though Mo still prints them out. The stack's about as thick as a Bible right now...unbelievable.
Well, thanks again for everything. Gonna go nap.

All our love,
Bob and Mo