the fans are finally off...

yes, over a week and a half and we are dry. (except for some pages in a photo album and the inside of a few plastic totes we found saturated, we are dry). the itemizing has begun and the house smells a lot better than it did...in a month or so things should be back to semi-normal. having only one TV that has cable in a house of five has been a challenge-UNLESS you like football. there has been A LOT of football!!!! i think the tv downstairs will be one of the first things we go out and replace.

i was able to drag tim to the stem cell transplant support group meeting on thursday night...although it may be too soon to tell, it may have back-fired on me. there were only three post-transplant patients there (three "more mature" women) plus us. because they all knew each other and have been coming to these meetings for years we were kind of the "topic of discussion". i think there was a bit more participation on our part than he wanted. i am not sure that i will be able to get him to go to another one...but i gave it my best shot.

one of the women had to have a hip-replaced because of the steroids and two of the women had the cancer come back and had to have a second transplant and all three of the women have had shingles since their transplant...although they STRESS the fact that they are so lucky to be ALIVE and love and appreciated each day they have...it was still difficult for him to hear all the "post-transplant" down the road struggles that these women have had. i think next month we may go out for hot fudge sundaes instead of the meeting!!!!

well, i have to get ashley to the church to help at a bible quiz meet. have a great weekend and thanks for checking in.

tim and tammy

ps...BIG NEWS...tim got his first haircut yesterday!!!!!!