Ex nihilo

As Cathy might put it we are now part of those in the know from the St. Joes social network. That is mainly because we have spent the better part of this weekend at the St. Joseph's Emergency Room Social Networking Party. It is a very exclusive group that only those with special invites are able to attend. I grew my invite on Friday and used it on Saturday, high fever. We were there until about 11:00Pm on saturday nite until my fever invite got to low to allow me to stay. I still had my low white blood count and and a reentry pass for a neupogen shot for the next day. So I left full of ER fluids and a bag of antibiotics and a verified higher but not high enough white blood count. Upon return this morning, I got my shot and another CBC (Complete Blood Count) and was disappointed to find that the previous evening's party had broken up. The good news was we got to leave quickly and go home with an even higher white count. So as long as the remaining pacman cowboys in me don't chew up too many of the new guys we will be back on schedule for this Thursday. Speaking of another day, someone ask me to name three consecutive days in a row without naming the days of the week. Think hard.

I wanted to send out a hug and support of well wishes to Kathy Davenport. A friend who has been valiantly and with great faith battling the evils of breast cancer. She travels from Destin, I think as we speak, to Birmingham for testing. Send some good thoughts for some good test results.

As I mentioned before, the neupogen shot allows me to be very aware of my bones cuz the marrow is producing the white cells at an accelerated rate which can cause some bone aching. This reminded of a beach creature I made on a Washington state beach park. Cathy, myself, Thomas and Ashely were exploring. I stopped and started collecting drift wood when I found the right place. Bone ache made me think about the resulting beach creature. I called him ex nihilo. Latin for "out of nothing". That's him at the beginning of this post. By the way if I was European the answer to the three day question could be Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. For us 'Mericans its yesterday, today and tomorrow.