A berry hot day...

As I write this post, I am enjoying my favorite drink, a berry smoothie, also known as barium sulfate suspension. I know there are worse forms of torture, but this is even worse than having to eat my vegetables when I was a kid. You would think with all of the technological and scientific advances, someone would come up with something that doesn't gag you. It's actually the worse part of the CT scan for me. Anyway, we came in at 7:30 this morning for my labs. I have already had the PET scan done, and in about 20 minutes will go in for the CT.

San Antonio has been record-breakingly hot this summer. Yesterday's high marked the most days of 100 or higher temps in one year on record, with most of August still to go. Forecast is 100+ for the rest of the week at least. Coupled with the lack of rainfall, much less than we have had at home, we have never seen it so brown and dry around here. Everywhere you look, once-immaculate yards are dying. I am thankful for a wetter than normal July at home.

We appreciate your prayers for Helen's family. Her mom's surgery went well. Diane's surgery went as well as we could have hoped for, with no trace of malignancy. There was a fist-sized mass removed from Angela's thyroid. The doctor's were afraid that it was cancerous, but it was not. PRAISE THE LORD!!

We should be seeing Dr. Mita this afternoon sometime to discuss scan results and the game plan. We will try to post again later today if we are able to so we can let you all know how it went.

Love you all....