As I wrote yesterday, I want to get the bottle countdown number to synch with our arrival home. So a NASA like hold in the count. While that is happening consider which version of 99-bottles you prefer. There is the camper version I learned where a bottle would fall, and there is the other more adult beverage version of take one down and pass it around. When we get to the end, I am leaning toward the pass it around version and hope that all of you will find time to share a virtual beer with Sharon and me.

Today we had a social visit with my friend Jim and his family here in Seattle. Jim is a family doctor who will also have a bone marrow transplant in the coming months. After that we had a social visit with my CLL doctor here at Fred Hutch who has guided my care since 2019. We wanted to thank him for helping me with his wisdom getting me to the place I am. It was kind of him to take the time outside of his clinic to visit.

Assuming all is good, I will not have labs until this coming Monday. A couple of “off” days. I still need to take all my pills and I counted the number I need to take in the morning = 20 and after dinner = 16. I feel a bit waterlogged getting them all down. But hey, I am alive and kicking.

Enjoy the holiday weekend.

Larry and Sharon