Saturday

Friday was an uneventful day....(We like those kind of days around here). We walked up 5th Avenue to about 48th Street and back, it was a very nice day. We were biding some time for it was the day for our room to get cleaned. When we got back they were about to clean the room so we went down to the 6th Floor Terrace and each of us sat outside and read our books for a couple of hours. I had a twinge of a headache when we came back to the room so I laid down for a couple of hours and when I awoke it was about 7pm. We watched, or should I say I watched several episodes of the "Dog Whisper." I hate to say it but I'm hooked. I am trying to take tips from Cesar Millan on how to effectively be a "Pack Leader". Jamie has gotten into a new series of books which she loves and actually finished the book in one sitting. The last book I finished in one sitting was a Choose Your Own Adventure book back when I was 10 years old. Finished up the night watching the Nuggets get worked by the Lakers in Denver. There's always next year.

Today was a gorgeous day here in the city and one of those days you just want to be out walking around. I felt good today as we made our way over to the hospital. It was a scheduled appointment for them to draw my blood and check to see if there was anything that I needed i.e. blood transfusion, platelets, or anything else. The results came back good in which I only needed a bag of magnesium which can be given in about 30 minutes. My white blood cell count came up from Thursday (as expected with the stem cell transplant), my red blood cell count or hemoglobin held strong at 8.3, (thanks to a blood tranfusion of two bags of blood on Thursday) and my Platelets rose from 16 to 31 (thanks to a platelet tranfusion also given on Thursday). All of these numbers had to be paged to my doctor for his review. He is in Orlando, FL at the National Oncologist Convention. Sounds like a real hoot, eh. We here wonder who of the doctors would be buying the first round of shots at the bar. Probably not my doctor, he told us that the convention is attended by approximately 40,000 doctors from across the country and that he was actually presenting at it, specifically discussing his findings with the research study which I am currently in.

We stopped on the way home and did a bit of grocery shopping at K-Mart (sorry Dad) no Wal-Marts to my knowledge in Manhattan and K-Mart is right across the street attached to Penn Station.

We went out to grab a bite to eat and while walking home we noticed that there were a LOT of police cars and police officers lining 6th Avenue. I went up to one of them and asked why so many cops on the street. He told me that President Obama was flying into New York City this evening for Dinner and a Broadway show. We tried a Yogurt place called Pinkberry which serves yogurt with different toppings including cereal. I had mine with Cap'n Crunch and chocolate pebbles, it was pretty good. We're back in Rm #1107 snuggling in for Saturday evening.

Tomorrow we don't having anything too big planned. One of the volunteers here at the Hope Lodge is catering a BBQ with burgers and hot dogs which we're going to stop by. Other than that, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

J & J....OUT!!