Brian has finally made it to round #6 and everything once again has gone very well. We saw Dr. McCarron, oncologist, on Monday and she confirmed that this was the last round and that Brian is in remission and can basically get back to normal life again. He will now have blood work once a month and immunotherapy every 3 months (Rituximab only). The doctor is going to see Brian just before his first round of the immunotherapy and after that she says she doesn’t need to see him unless he has problems and we are to call for an appointment or if she sees anything troubling in the blood work, she will call us. She also gave us her blessing to enjoy a couple of weeks in Florida. We were just ecstatic coming out of her office and felt like we were on Cloud 9. Brian is really feeling well though; he says this has been the best he has felt in over a year and it shows. At dad’s 90th birthday party, everyone was commenting on how well Brian was looking. So once we get down to Florida, Brian is going to slowly get back to his triathlon training and he hopes to do the Guelph Lake Try-A-Tri in June. That is his short-term goal.
On the Condo front, we went for our first “walk-through” this week as all the electrical, furnace duct work and plumbing is in. They take you through once this is done to make sure everything is as you expect it to be so that in case there is something they missed, it can easily be corrected before the drywall is up. Everything was perfect and it was so exciting for us to see how far they have come and now we can get a better feel for the size of the rooms. I am so looking forward to when my kitchen goes in as we have made major upgrades in the kitchen and for the first time in our married life, I get the kitchen of my dreams….so I guess I better start cooking more! I am also very happy with the size of our loft where my office is going to be. It is much larger than I envisioned and I am going to have plenty of room for all my office equipment and Brian will also have his little cubby-hole for his office as there is a dormer window area that comes off the loft and that is where Brian will be. The condo is going to be just perfect for our needs and really, since we are also finishing off the basement, the square footage is just as much as we have in our present house, so it is going to be quite nice. Unfortunately, I could not get any pictures but if we get a chance to get inside again, I will take some. The windows and doors are in though and they are now locking it when the workers are finished for the day so it is hard to get inside now.
We are now looking forward to heading off to Florida for a couple of weeks with Breanne and James and the grandkids and then when we get back; we will start the tedious task of packing.
I will update again once we are in Florida.
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