Back from Pennsylvania
Just got in tonight. We had a really good time – camped for three days just south of Hershey. Saw this sign outside a United Methodist Church in Hershey: Want to Avoid Burning? Use "Son" Block
Away to Pennsylvania for the next few days
We are going to Hershey PA. Driving out this morning and will be camping there until either Friday or Saturday. The trip was just hatched in the last week and basically was motivated by my desire to re-visit Gettysburg (prompted by the current book I am reading by Stephen Sears, entitled Gettysburg). However – no … Read more
Rituxin therapy started today
As scheduled, I had my appointment with Dr. Caron at the Sloan Kettering satellite office in Westcheseter, and then the first of four weekly rituxin treatments. Probably as an effect of the shot of neulasta I had about two weeks ago, my white blood count was up to 4.4. Normal range is 4.5 to 10.5, … Read more
The Times on how health has improved in the past 150 years
Here’s a very interesting feature in the New York Times. They have started series a entitled "The New Age" on how most people’s health has improved by leaps and bounds just over the past several generations. So Big and Healthy Grandpa Wouldn’t Even Know You – New York Times (See my note on the prior … Read more
Rituxin therapy starts tomorrow
Tomorrow morning I will be seeing Dr. Caron, and then have my 3 hour or so IV Rituxin treatment. This will be at the Sloan Kettering satellite office in Sleepy Hollow – next to Phelps hospital. The interesting thing will be: how’s my white blood count. I had the shot of Neulasta two weeks ago, … Read more
Joe Faranda “Best Overall”
Joe finished his HAP (High Achievement Progam) five week summer stint at Fordham Prep today. As I previously mentioned, this was a program for boys entering the eighth grade, with academics in the morning and sports in the afternoon. They had a very nice graduation ceremony this morning. The 240 boys were in fifteen groups … Read more
My birthday today
That’s right. I’m 48 again. As always, the rule of thumb is to “subtract seven years”. So while chronologically I may have been born in 1951, I am 48. We had a nice little outdoor breakfast, with Tim brewing tea, and taking this picture. Note the straws with parasols, a Tim innovation. And here I … Read more
Health update
I am going to call Dr. Caron tomorrow at the Sleepy Hollow branch of Sloan Kettering to make sure I am scheduled for the rituxin therapy starting this coming Monday. I am scheduled to see him, but I want to make sure they are also expecting me for the three hour IV. I’m sure I … Read more
Mrs. Moses takes charge
This is from my friend Thea MaGinnis
Teenager in the house! Joe Faranda turns 13
My oldest boy Joe is having his birthday today. “Why it seems like only yesterday that we got him.” Indeed. Joe’s start with us was a bit shaky. The social worker bringing him over from his foster care family in Queens to join us in Manhattan had her car hit hard in the side on … Read more