November 24, 2008 7:40 PM

Well, it was another quiet day here in paradise. I had 2 sets of visitors – in the morning a friend was here and in the early afternoon my boss and his wife stopped in. Both visits were very pleasant and much appreciated as every day portends another full day of boredom and the visits do help so much to make the time go by.

The bone marrow biopsy did not occur today – so I can look forward to possibly having it done tomorrow – we’ll see as it has still not been formally scheduled.

Tomorrow marks 3 weeks in here – time flies fast when you are having fun! And, right on schedule, it looks like some of my hair is beginning to fall out. Here and there on the pillow you can see whiskers or hair from the top of my head – you can’t tell the difference because both are about the same length!

Still have no idea when I will go home but I’m hoping that it happens some time in the next 2 weeks. I must admit that I am beginning to get antsy at this point and home seems mighty appealing right now. For sure, I will spend Thanksgiving here. As one of the doctors said we are not looking at this year’s holidays – we are looking at next years!

Not much more to share. No little stories to tell and no new details as to what’s next as I sit here every day waiting for my counts to rise. Looking at the bright side of things, I hear that the weather has been very cold lately. And, of course, I do not have to go out in it! I do, however, fully expect to freeze my butt off when the time comes that I can go outside – especially since I have not been exposed to the weather and have not had the luxury of gradually getting used to the beginning of winter! Hopefully, discharge day will be a warm day.

Please continue to keep me in your thoughts and prayers as they seem to be working very, very well!

Bob