Jon's had a good week. His appetite has returned with full force, he's working out and even felt well enough to spend the day working in the yard with our nephew, Kyle. Before his last surgery they cut down trees on our property for firewood so Friday was chipping all the brush and scrap wood. He is tired and sore today but happy to be feeling productive. I was able to get him in to see my massage therapist, Christina, today for an 1 1/2 massage which helped all those sore tired muscles.

Jon has been talking to the schedulers at UW for the next PET scan and has them looking into the photodynamic therapy. We are still awaiting the day and time of the PET scan which will hopefully take place next week. Nothing moves quickly with an entity as large as the University of Washington. From my research, it appears that some photodynamic therapy research has been done at UW and WSU but so far no one can tell us if it's currently being utilized for patient care. I did find two hospitals in Tulsa and St.Louis that offer the procedure for metastatic cancer to the lungs but we are really hoping to stay close to home. Jon's favorite assistant, Carrie, told him, "if the procedure is done at all, it's done here". She is looking into to possibilities for us.

I'm still working on getting Dr. Chue's article published. My friend, Mari, has a sister in the Netherlands that is an editor for Elsivar, a publishing company. She emailed her the article this week and we are hoping this might be the contact that we need to get it into a medical journal.

Tonight was Kelsey's high school Homecoming dance. It is the first formal dance he has attended. He went with a large group of friends and escorted a young lady he's known since grade school. I can't help myself but to post at least one picture of him on the blog!

Jon and I went to the movies to see "W" tonight (great flick) and we returned home to Levi, Ericka and the kids (isn't that cool...multiples!)watching UFC at our house with their friends. It was great to have a little time to visit with everyone. Wyatt and Maelie are both absolutely adorable and we are all looking forward to the holidays.