Blood draw and clinic visit today.

We learned that Terry's counts continue to go down. We asked when he might be at his lowest and they said that usually happens between days 5 to 10. Well, we are at day 9, so we are happy to think that his low is about here and it won't be long before he starts climbing upward again. They call that low point "nadir" and he may remain at nadir for a couple days. We'll see what starts happening and when, and we'll let you know.

It's been an ordinary day when comparing it to the past week, but we did get some good news this afternoon. In their testing they learned that Terry will have a small break with his cyclosporine meds. That is good news because that means 7 fewer pills tonight and 7 fewer again in the morning, and they are the terrible horse pills. Yeah! It may only last until tomorrow night, but that is still a great break.

Our day is almost over, but not everyone here in Seattle shares the desire to sleep through the night. There are some pretty noisy night riders. It seems that Seattle has some motorcyclists that like to rev up their motors at night, just outside our windows. There is traffic all day and traffic all night. At least the construction is silent for the night. Hey, maybe they are the guys out on the bikes at night???

Oh, just a bit of fun for this ordinary day - we saw 2 pirate ships in Union Lake, but we were at the clinic and didn't have the camera. They were pretty cool looking and fun to see. Something else new is that I made a little bit of apples sauce with some apples that were getting a bit soft. We hope to enjoy that tomorrow.

Overall this has been a good day. We have smiled and laughed and we are grateful that things are going well. We hope you had some smiles and laughs in your ordinary day too. Life is good!