Duct Tape and the Liver Doc

Hello Friends. Thanks for coming over to the liver blog. It's nice to have you here and just imagine that we're chatting over a cup of coffee.

Thought you'd like to see Amanda and her pile of duct tape, a Happy Gift from Grandma Mork, with whom Bob and I had lunch today while we were in Rochester for Bob's Liver appointment at the Mayo.

Anyway, before I could even upload this picture Amanda had already made her Dad a little man-purse, ahem, European carry-all, in the colors of football. Vikings on the outside and Green Bay Packers on the inside. Isn't that clever? He's wondering if Mother Mork could please get her duct tape in the colors of the Jets or the Mets.

So, today, Bob's biliruben count is 1.4 and the liver doctor, Dr. Talwalker (photo) said that for all intents and purposes Bob's liver is healed. Healed. Isn't that a great word? We went up to the transplant unit for old time's sake. Tried to think good thoughts and send prayers to all the people there, and their families. We haven't actually seen Dr. T since last November because Bob was too weak to get there. We thanked him for being so flexible in doing the phone consultations. And offered our support for other families who may be going through this, the severe acute thing. Like finding yourself suddenly in the last stages of liver disease. Only Bob's liver decided to heal. It's a miracle. Like the liver has a brain and can make decisions to stop and to start according to its mood. A diva liver.

It's like Bob is really back. He really is. And to be honest, I feel a little shell shocked from it all. Like it was a dream or something. Thanks for coming over.

With love, T

Testing 3,2,1

Hello everyone. I'm so glad you made it here all the way from the CoachSpeirs care page. In celebration of the sure-to-be coming event of Bob's biliruben counting ZERO, I am preparing this blog. Because afterall, when the liver countdown is over, it is certain that I will still need a sanctuary superhighway. Anyway, as I fiddle around with this prototype, I'd love to get your feedback. Am trying to figure out widgets.

And look at this, I can insert pictures right into the text and so what a perfect way to finally show you what our Margaret looks like. Adorable + Powerful = Margaret Obaga. And with all of you, I've got lots of people and stories to post. Not to scare you. I promise to be approrpriate, or at least ask your permission. By the way, Margaret did an awesome job presenting at the LWR Virtual University last week, along with my colleague Maryce who is highly informed and articulate about matters of public health. For further inspriation and another night of good sleep, you can click on that link and upload, download and over load the recording of their presentation.

Not sure I'll actually go with this blog site as I don't see a way to view visitors, which has been a mainstay of our love line. Your comments, ideas, etc, are welcome. I need to make this as user friendly as I can, because, well, I need you.

With love, T