Short update:  August 17 was infusion #10, three days after Day 77 of the daratumumab trial (the Go/No Go day), and four days after David and I arrived in Rochester.  Although my response has not yet been dramatic, nephrologist Dr. Fervenza said “go.”  So we did.  Another quick infusion and back home on August 18.  The saddest news:  it’s the end of the season for the Honkers, so no game to see.  Boo.

August 30 was infusion #11–not the usual two-week delay, but I’ll explain in a minute.  I flew in on August 29 and out on August 30 for this one.  I did not want to mess up the protocol, and I had been cleared this one time . . . because Mom, Kendall, and I left on September 1 for France.  You bet.  We aren’t talking Rochester this time.

This journey was a planes, trains, and automobile trip from Austin to Philadelphia to the Gare de Lyon in Paris to the fast (?) train to Nice to the van in the rain to the town of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, with an incredible view of the Mediterranean Sea.

Kendall very comfy on the plane

Mom, Kendall, and I have joined Michael and Ryan at L’Aumonerie (“The Alms House”), a beautiful old former monastery with an incredible view of Monte Carlo and a stunning garden.  From Princess Grace’s My Book of Flowers:  “… a garden, small but precious, that I like to visit on a scorching summer day is the translucent green one called L’Aumonerie.”  More to come on this slice of heaven.

Room with a view–of Monte Carlo!!