Food(2)

Those were in order of arrival, no preference whatsoever...

Food

The food race apparently is on...  in today's race, the top finishers were...

1.  Biscuits and Gravy
2.  Pizza(s) with peperoni, ham and sausage
3.  Pulled Pork with Taters/slaw

Many thanks and even now we are in good shape for a few days.  I am NOT discouraging the help, and all offers are appreciated and will be accepted.  A couple restrictions are no raw veggies or fruits AND if you can coordinate with Lynn for different dates, it will probably work well.   Lynn's email is lynnshoop@gmail.com

Can't wait to hear see the next echocardiogram..  "Steve, is that sausage, peperoni and pork in your veins?"

Next...  played 2 races at Arlington today.  Pulled off the 6:1 winner of the Beverly D.  and missed narrowly (not really) on the Arlington Million.  Positive ROI for the day and I don't get to say it often.

Home for the Weekend

Many thanks for all of the well wishes from the first email I sent out and thoughts from all who have called.  If I haven’t had a chance to talk to you in person, know that its just been from a lack of time and energy, not want.

We started getting the test results Thursday and on Friday the diagnosis was confirmed as a form of Leukemia.

Certainly, sobering news, BUT we know that it is treatable.

The one positive sign is that they felt I could come home until treatment.  Hopefully meaning that we are dealing with something less acute.

We have a follow up to determine the type Leukemia on Tuesday, but we do expect that treatment will start next week.  It will involve meds and chemo.  For those of you asking the question, “Are you getting second opinions….?”  The answer is yes.  We have been busy setting up those appointments for Monday, etc…

Fun stuff.

There is only one way to approach this thing and its head first.  The wondering why you feel like sh*t is over and now we know.  Sure, it’s hard on everyone, Lynn, parents, kids, family, friends, etc… but we all appreciate the support offered and I’m sure we’ll use it all.

Given the time I will have on my hands coming up, my thought is to communicate through a blog.  I set one up a couple years ago for giggles but never used it.  I’ll provide updates on the progress as well as thoughts on current events, most notably the 1^st place Reds.  And anyone interested will be able to follow my successes and failures at handicapping the thoroghbreds.

If you are wondering about facebook, I have a disdain for that site, so I don’t use it.  (Yes, that’s the Oscar side of me…)

More later and thanks for everyone’s wishes!