So Infusion #8 happened as scheduled on July 23–in at 6, out at 11, then David and Olive met me at the hospital–fully packed and ready for the drive home.  After spending one night at the Holiday Inn Express in Emporia, Kansas, we made it home on July 24.  Great to be home!  Huge thanks to Lynn and Elaine Herron for their careful tending of Indy and the house while we were gone for so many weeks.

Infusion #9 was my first in/out to Rochester.  I flew in on Sunday, August 5, and stayed right across the street from the Mayo St. Mary’s campus.  Another 6 AM arrival, done by 11, then off to the airport for my flight home.  It went perfectly, which will no doubt never repeat itself!

I headed to Portland, OR, with my friend Lisa for a long-scheduled celebration of her birthday and a visit to sweet Delaney on August 9, home on August 14.  We had a wonderful time–visited a few wineries in the Willamette Valley, spa day with Lisa and Delaney, Portland tour with Delaney, dinner with Delaney and Noah.  Lucky us!!  Portland is beautiful, and I can now understand more fully how much Delaney and Noah love living there.

Pretty Portland, Pretty Delaney

Just because it was there . . .