Back In Cali…
Sorry I’m late writing this update, I’ve been living life and lost track of time. That’s a good thing, because I feel good. WHOO HOO!
My friend Bekah and I flew back into L.A. late last Wednesday (5/3) evening… We had a great time in NYC, our flight was delayed for several hours and we arrived in the City around 11:30 Sunday night. We had a great night sleep and we arrived at Sloan Kettering at 10:00 Monday morning with a couple dozen donuts for Dr. O and his staff. Cherine, I hoped they shared them with you!
I’ll get to the medical stuff in a minute, but I wanted to share this story about Bekah’s family and the Coco family. This is intense, but it’s a story that needs to be told. Bekah’s family and the Coco’s have been friends for forty years and in the early 70’s our families shared a mutual crisis. Here’s what happened…
Our grandparents went to the same church in Redondo Beach and in 1972 my Grandfather and Bekah’s Grandmother were part of a group of 30 people who went to the Holy Land. Unfortunately, the Yom Kipper war began the day after they arrived in Egypt and they were sequestered in the Cairo Hilton for 17 days.
My Grandfather told me they regularly heard bombs going off and saw tanks driving down the street. When the bombing got too close, air raid sirens blared and the group was hurried to the basement, were they huddled for safety in case the hotel was bombed, this went on day and night, every day for seventeen days. Scary huh?! (Papa, you are so brave!)
At the end of the war, they were allowed to leave, the only problem was the Cairo Hilton wanted to be paid before the group checked out of the hotel. Even with everyone pooling cash they were not even close to meeting the hotel bill. Remarkably, Bekah’s Grandma had something in her possession that no one else in the group had, a MasterCard. The hotel accepted the card and soon thereafter they were escorted by the military to a shipping port were they boarded a grain ship and taken to Greece. After arriving in Greece, they were out of harms way and group took a commercial flight to New York and then back home to California. Needless to say, Bekah and I have both been given extensive instruction on travel safety and not surprisingly, we both carry a MasterCard.
Okay, back to the medical stuff… My blood work was good, my red and white counts are normal, and my platelets are 118,000. I was happy with the platelet count; normally my numbers are in the 90,000 range. Although lower than normal, they’re good for me. I received my second round of GND without incident. So far, so good- I appreciate your continued prayers.
Also, my friend Dennis Jarvis made a short film and made the top ten finalist for Quicksilver, if you have a moment, copy and paste https://host237.ipowerweb.com:8087/webmail4/parse.pl?redirect=http://www.Quiksilver.com%2Ffilms to your browser, its called 'Donuts'. Vote for Dennis!
Fight 2 Win,
-Alese
My friend Bekah and I flew back into L.A. late last Wednesday (5/3) evening… We had a great time in NYC, our flight was delayed for several hours and we arrived in the City around 11:30 Sunday night. We had a great night sleep and we arrived at Sloan Kettering at 10:00 Monday morning with a couple dozen donuts for Dr. O and his staff. Cherine, I hoped they shared them with you!
I’ll get to the medical stuff in a minute, but I wanted to share this story about Bekah’s family and the Coco family. This is intense, but it’s a story that needs to be told. Bekah’s family and the Coco’s have been friends for forty years and in the early 70’s our families shared a mutual crisis. Here’s what happened…
Our grandparents went to the same church in Redondo Beach and in 1972 my Grandfather and Bekah’s Grandmother were part of a group of 30 people who went to the Holy Land. Unfortunately, the Yom Kipper war began the day after they arrived in Egypt and they were sequestered in the Cairo Hilton for 17 days.
My Grandfather told me they regularly heard bombs going off and saw tanks driving down the street. When the bombing got too close, air raid sirens blared and the group was hurried to the basement, were they huddled for safety in case the hotel was bombed, this went on day and night, every day for seventeen days. Scary huh?! (Papa, you are so brave!)
At the end of the war, they were allowed to leave, the only problem was the Cairo Hilton wanted to be paid before the group checked out of the hotel. Even with everyone pooling cash they were not even close to meeting the hotel bill. Remarkably, Bekah’s Grandma had something in her possession that no one else in the group had, a MasterCard. The hotel accepted the card and soon thereafter they were escorted by the military to a shipping port were they boarded a grain ship and taken to Greece. After arriving in Greece, they were out of harms way and group took a commercial flight to New York and then back home to California. Needless to say, Bekah and I have both been given extensive instruction on travel safety and not surprisingly, we both carry a MasterCard.
Okay, back to the medical stuff… My blood work was good, my red and white counts are normal, and my platelets are 118,000. I was happy with the platelet count; normally my numbers are in the 90,000 range. Although lower than normal, they’re good for me. I received my second round of GND without incident. So far, so good- I appreciate your continued prayers.
Also, my friend Dennis Jarvis made a short film and made the top ten finalist for Quicksilver, if you have a moment, copy and paste https://host237.ipowerweb.com:8087/webmail4/parse.pl?redirect=http://www.Quiksilver.com%2Ffilms to your browser, its called 'Donuts'. Vote for Dennis!
Fight 2 Win,
-Alese
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