Day 2

Our baggage arrived this morning!!!! That's the most important news. =)

The coolest part of yesterday was walking to the appointment. Such awesome sights, streets, houses!!

I know, I know - everyone knows what San Fran looks like, but I couldn't help snapping some photos. All these tall skinny houses, stacked together like sandwiches!

Dr Chan was a very, very nice guy who, after the hour of waiting on him, was very clear and decisive in both his manner and his ideas for me. He laid out a plan for what to do over the next few months and what happens when Doxil fails, and he'll send that plan on to my home-town docs. We're hoping the Houston docs have a little bit more positive attitude because his was more, 'when this fails, try this...' 'then when that fails, we'll go to this...' No encouragement about anything actually working or curing.

Then "Aunt" VernaAnn picked us up and we had the most amazing meal in the most amazing place on the ocean with her and Russ, Sharon, Craig and Kevin Farnell. Then headed home for much needed rest.

For today... not much. Just want to do whatever doesn't overwhelm, so we're playing it by ear. Hope all's well with all of you and Dave, we're surely thinking of you today!!! Wish we were there.

The Beginning...

Yesterday we get a phone call saying our 3:00 flight from Denver to San Fran had been cancelled. Yay. We were given confirmed seats on a flight out at 7:30 pm, arriving in San Fran at 9:30 or so. We decided to fly out of Riverton at 12 noon anyway and hang out in Denver, hoping for standby seats on an earlier flight. We wander through Denver slowly, knowing the next flight isn't until after 3, but when we arrive at the gate, we see them boarding a flight leaving at 2:20. Andy gets in line to ask for standby seats, the lady - when he finally reaches her - tells him there's FORTY people on the standby list ahead of him and not to get his hopes up, then announces overhead, "people! If you're waiting in line for standby seats, I have 40 people ahead of you. It's unlikely you'll have a chance."

Hmm. So we watch them board the flight, deciding to hang out until the last second just in case. They called a family of 4 from the standby list and we watched them board. Then all of a sudden we hear, "SNELLING, party of 2, Snelling, party of 2". And we look at each in other in complete disbelief. The guy taking boarding passes just looks at us, says, 'hurry up, we'll close the door behind you! And what was your name again?" He never even took our boarding passes, slammed the door behind us. They tell us to find the last 2 empty seats. Mine was in first class (I'd recommend that to everyone. *smile*) and Andy had an exit row seat with a bit more room than usual. Not sitting together obviously, but ending up in San Fran even earlier than we would have if we'd stayed on our scheduled flight.

After an amazing ride in a shuttle throughout downtown San Fran while he drops off passengers at other hotels, we arrive at The Laurel Inn: Here's another shot out our window. The electric buses go by constantly...

And does anyone know what this interesting tree is?

Of course our luggage is nowhere to be found. Literally. Even United's baggage track doesn't know. So thank goodness I packed key items in our carry-on bags. =)

Today at 2:15 I meet with the doc, so I'll post more about that after it happens.

Life Lately

Yesterday the lab called and said my CA-125 never did make it to the place where they run the test, so I need to have it re-drawn. Good thing I'm not too worked up about that number, eh? =)

I'm doing better this time around after chemo. I was determined to do virtually nothing for a few days afterward, as I mentioned earlier, and I think it's working. I'm still a bit slow (hmmm, that doesn't sound too flattering, but ah well), but I'm walking outside some already and last time I didn't want to MOVE for 2 solid weeks.

There's also something I want to make sure everyone knows. When I say I'm feeling puny, that's all I mean. I am SO lucky, because I don't get sick, I don't throw up, I don't have headaches, I don't have bone aches, I don't (so far) get the side effects most common with Doxil. All I feel is weak and tired. My heart rate gets out of control, so the least exertion is overwhelming, but if I SIT, well - all is good. =)

Man I hate reading "I" or "me" more than twice in this blog. I shall turn the focus away now, thank goodness.
Here's Tiffany with her dog who loves to ride piggy-back. Can you see how she's smiling? (The dog, I mean.)

And here's a couple from our last wagon-ride. Sure does make you realize how fast our lives have gotten - - It took us an hour to go just a few miles, but it was such a nice, quiet, pleasant hour. Can anyone else come visit soon??

And RAIN!!!!!!!! We got some rain! Real, down-poury, soaking rain! And I could thoroughly enjoy it because Dad didn't have hay down and it was just what he needed for his second cutting. Here we're saving it in buckets for all our plants as our well-water isn't the best: