Two friends, Spamalot

Katie sent me this link to http://www.onekidneysjournal.blogspot.com/ - see link to the right - and its awesome! Its all about two friends and how one is donating a kidney to the other. One lives in Portland, the other in Seattle. The surgery will be done in Seattle on November 9th. Please keep Anna and Nicole in your prayers. And read Nicole's blog - she's funny and its very easy reading. Nicole is the one donating to Anna who had complications with her lupus and thus kidney failure.

On a Kristie note, it looks like we're headed for a transplant ourselves; will talk to the doctor more about that on Nov. 19th and will keep you all informed. A living blood relative is the best donor and lots of testing will need to occur first. Dialysis is an option but a transplant is the best option so why not go for the best first?

Kristie and I attended a class yesterday at the Northwest Kidney Center called "Choices" and it was 2 hours of listening about dialysis options and transplant information. They advocate that transplantation is the gold standard and then home dialysis of which there are two types.

Kristie's creatinine level is now at 2.9, up from 2.5. Not good but not critical yet. Prayer would be good here.

Nigel and I went to see Spamalot a couple of weeks ago and it was one of the FUNNIEST plays we've ever seen! So fun and so goofy and so nonsensical that it was just FUNNY! Not just chuckling funny, but LOL funny! So if you just want to have a good time and laugh, go see this when you can. (It's Monty Python humor at its best!). This was completely sold out when Katie I traveled to NY for our mother/daughter trip a couple of years ago so I was glad to see it finally came to Seattle.

For those who don't know. I watch Oprah every day at 4 p.m. Don't call me during that hour b/c I won't answer the phone. I know that's annoying to my family (Sue, Laurie, Katie, Nigel) but get over it. If I'm not home during the 4 to 5 hour time period, I DVR the show each day and watch it faithfully later.

Anyway, Dr. Oz (whom I ADORE!) was on a few weeks ago and they did a special on people who had really bad cancer but were still walking around looking healthy and feeling pretty good but the prognosis was they had only a few months left to live. One lady who was in her 30s and had Stage 5 cancer in her liver said "I can't control this disease, but I can control what I eat, drink, and think." She said (and I'm paraphrasing) I choose to eat and drink only stuff that will make my body healthy and I choose to think about living every day. I take life one day at a time and live in the moment.

Hmmmm, my Life Philosophy has always been to take life one day at a time and the future would take care of itself. Life has always been a challenge with Kristie but when I remind myself of this each day, then its a little easier.

I LOVE

Broadway Plays

Blankies

I HATE

Crying every day

Talking and then not Doing