Blog Fog..........

It seems that I'm in a state of "blog fog" lately and don't really have anything of interest to write about. Apparently, I"m ready for the weather to warm up (and stay there) so that I can get outside and get some much needed fresh air. I"m just much happier when I can be outside and working in the yard and feeling the sunshine warm my skin. I'm not really sure how I ever managed a "Wyoming winter" and I think that I was really born a southern girl and seem to function much better in this climate. Now, my parents may disagree with that...but "It is what it is!" and I just love spring and summer here in Georgia.

So, to kick off the warm weather season (or pretend to anyway) Cleo and I are headed to Florida tomorrow for a long weekend with friends. The weather is gorgeous there right now and although I don't miss living in Florida at all, I do miss this time of year there. I have a dr. appt on Friday (decided to keep my sinus dr. there---he's great!) and we are gonna stay with our great friends The Mountains. They are the best and we miss them dearly so we're gonna play as much as possible in the 3 days we're there. We're planning to go to the dog track in St. Petersburg on Saturday night and that's always a hoot. It's pretty cheap entertainment and we always have great fun when we're with Tammy and Mike. It will re-energize me and prep me for spring in Georgia.

As I said, "I'm in a blog fog" and this is pretty much all I have to write about at this time. Maybe after we get home from Florida, I will have something of more interest to blog about. Stay tuned.....

Good News!

We heard from the transplant coordinator today and it was pretty good news. Cleos' GFR went up to 22 from 21 in December. You have to be at 20 or lower to be on the active transplant list, so this just buys him a little more time. He does have to have a stress test which they will schedule in the next couple weeks and he also has to see the urologist tomorrow for a prostate exam (how fun!) and these are both at the request of the insurance company. But other than those 2 things, everything else looked good. He will continue to be followed by his nephrologist and have blood drawn every 3 months to monitor the GFR. He goes back on March 9th for bloodwork and sees the dr. on the 16th so she will let us know if anything changes and be in constant contact with the transplant team in Atlanta.

We will continue to update as things change and to let y'all know when they will start testing potential donors. They aren't allowed to do that until he's on the active list otherwise the insurance won't pay for the testing and it's quite expensive so we can appreciate that.

We sure do have a wonderful family and network of friends who continue to pray for Cleos' health and well being. We do appreciate it even if we don't thank you individually. Love ya all...