On their way...

Darlin' Daughter and her best bud are heading to Florida for a week of being girls alone...Truevalueman is driving them to their destination at JonRonnies home and then flying back tonite! DD said she drove around DC and Alexandria by herself last nite...good for her!

What a Storm!

We had a lightning storm of major proportions this morning! It started around 4 am and lasted for almost 2 hours! Lightning struck quite close to the house on many occasions~my poor puppies were shaking and scared~ and it was constant! Very scary! I don't know if anyone lost power, we didn't...but I did get a call from the alarm company for the store...the alarms had gone off. (Typical when there is a surge of lightning!)

Anatomy and Physiology has led me to this...

I have no life!!!!!!!!!!

Tonite at Midnite!

The last of the Harry Potter books is being released tonite at 12:00! Hooray!

To all those nasty spoilers out there...shame on you! We are on "radio silence" until the book is read... I want to enjoy this journey!

Muggles unite! For this evening we shall find out our fate--Voldemort must surely die!

Happy #18, Darlin' Daughter!

She can now legally by smokes, porn and lottery tickets!!!

Cool conduction!

Is good news or bad?

Went with my uncle for his radiation intro today. While looking thru his MRIs, both the doc and I saw something a little strange...a mass, 23.6 mm big, on the anterior superior portion of his bladder. The cancer, which was originally on the base of the bladder is definitely non-exsistent. The Hopkin's doc did an internal scope and found no abnormal cells.

Normal bladder cells are transistional epithelial--which means their shaped to expand and contract. Here is what they look like:

Cancerous cells in the bladder look like this:

(Notice the irregular shaping of the cancer cells. The smoothness of the plasma membrane is not consistent.)

The radiological oncologist has ordered a PET scan for Monday. I will be at the follow-up visit next Thursday. For now, we wait.

In case you were wondering

Positron Emission Tomography (PET Imaging)
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What is Positron Emission Tomography?
Positron emission tomography, also called PET imaging or a PET scan, is a diagnostic examination that involves the acquisition of physiologic images based on the detection of radiation from the emission of positrons. Positrons are tiny particles emitted from a radioactive substance administered to the patient. The subsequent images of the human body developed with this technique are used to evaluate a variety of diseases.

The Family is off to...

And thank God! I need a day alone!

Back from orientation

Darlin' Daughter and Dad where out for orientation. The theme was Pirates...they said it was absolutely FANTASTIC! Truevalueman was impressed with how the parent's orientation was run and DD had a blast with the kids she was grouped with...she told me,

these are my people!

and so they were...all engineering and pre-med kids!

Over....for now...

I susrvived Summer I of A & P! I have been feeling a little under the weather, so I hape I keep my "B" average....I'll let you all know!

My new favorite photo!

After an evening of dunk tankin', Dad and Daughter share a great moment!

Suzanne!

It was worth the trip to the gay bar to see! She was soooo amazing!

One summer morning...

Happy July 4th!