January 17, 2009 10:30 PM

Got interrupted last night as company arrived before I got a chance to lay a few more things on the table.

First of all, not much doing vis-a-vis doctor's visits - after all it's Saturday! But we had a wonderful night tonight as friends of ours came by as well as my sister-in-law and brother-in-law and we all went to dinner at a local Chinese restaurant where the help treated us very well and the food was excellent. It was a great evening!

Now back to the more mundane stuff. Of course, I am blessed that such a perfect donor has been found. As I said the other day, God's angels are everywhere and it's wonderful to think that, once again, I have been touched by one. Why me! The other part of the equation is that I cannot even begin to find out who the donor is for at least a year! Here is someone who is giving me the gift of life and I cannot even say a simple thank you. Likewise, in a year's time, if the donor still wishes to remain anonymous then I will never find out who the individual might be.

The other thing that I would like to comment on is how fortunate I am! That's correct, how fortunate I am!

When we go down to the Dana-Farber clinic on Fridays, we wait in a waiting area that may hold about 40 people. When you see the condition of some of these people, you realize just how lucky you are! I have no right to complain about anything that I might be suffering from. Not that I do, mind you(yah, right!). I have been so blessed to feel as well as I have from the get-go that sometimes it's easy for me to forget that I am ill. These other people do not have that luxury. So every Friday I get exposed to another of life's teachings - that no matter how desperate or disasterous your situation may appear to be, there is always someone worse off than you are. As they say, "There, but for the grace of God, go I" How true, how true. And I have all of you to thank for that. Even though I know that none of you expects anything in return, it's still a gift that I can never repay. Such is God's grace...

It's getting late... I'm getting tired... So, that's all for now....

Bob