As usual, we have had a lot of things going on. On October 19th, Deb’s Uncle George had a heart attack and was air-lifted to Roanoke, VA. After stabilization and having a stent procedure, he returned home only to be taken back to the hospital a few days later due to more chest pains. He had 2 more stents put in and is back at home doing well. We pray he is doing alright and continues his recovery. On October 14th, the Carroll family went to meet with the bone marrow coordinator for St. Vincent’s Hospital. She was very patient and knowledgeable. Dad, Mom, Beth and Laura went to the doctor appointment later that afternoon to learn more about the change in chemo treatment for Dad. In an attempt to get “ready” for the bone marrow transplant, we have had to switch some treatments to some more aggressive options. It sure is nerve-racking and hard to understand things you can’t control (especially with our personalities!). Pete, Laura and Claire moved to Indy in late October. We helped them unpack some of their items into a self-storage facility while the rest of their stuff went to Rowin. They have been accommodating to their new life and jobs, along with living at Rowin (finished basement). We look forward to spending time with them.
We attended a Purdue football game in early October and drove up to Lafayette with Ben and Julia. Jeremy and Erin came along and we did what Purdue fans do, priority number one is to have fun and priority number two is to maybe watch the game, because it may not be a good game to watch (Purdue lost to Penn State)!
As mentioned in the September update, we had a “Light the Night” fundraiser to raise awareness for blood cancers. We were very touched by the turnout of family and friends and we had nearly 40 people in “Bob’s Crew.” It was a very spiritual night and I hope everyone found it enjoyable. We enjoyed free hot-dog dinner, a picture slideshow, a few speakers and then a short walk around downtown Indy.
Deb and I participated in a few Halloween parties. We went to the Post’s house where we decided to recycle our old “Flintstones” costumes. The second party we went to the Rock and I was Dr. Emmett Brown from “Back to the Future” and Jeff was Marty McFly. Deb went as “Divorced Wimla” to the second party since I decided to not be Fred Flintsone!
Deb has continued her studying for the exam to be taken in probably early March. This has been a pretty sizable commitment of time and she only has a few breaks on the weekends. I’ve been taking this time to get accommodated with my new position and get ready for our year-end which is Oct. 31st.
