Hey guys,
Just to say I am so touched by your wonderful messages on here and making this such a cool thread. Seriously, what an amazing bunch of selfless people we have on here, and full of hope.
Sorry I didn't post last night. Crashed fairly hard after Saline (sleepy) and a crazy long day and tons of blood tests.
Anyway...
Part 4:
Im in bed with Janet. Don't worry-I got the go ahead from Ron. Yikes, that makes it sound even worse
Hmm...Lets backtrack!
So my days so far are pretty standard since being in California, except from waking at 4am for whatever reason-time zone difference, whatever.
Im in bed all day as per usual, but I have a lovely view of all the extensive foilage in Palo Alto from our room, and the rain outside is pretty soothing. My heart yearns be out and about seeing the town and San Francisco, but its just not feasible for me, but I counted on that being the case. So I 'rest' all day in bed as per usual, and when Janet awakes from her shifts from Whitney mid afternoon we chat.
This time I got a text invitation to their bedroom! Bit forward-I've only been here 4 days and strike 1! Joking aside, Ron had come back from the lab and Janet catches up with the progress from the day as she wakes up.
So I was invited to join and listen to the progress, while lying in their very comfy bed. I couldn't help but notice the huge number of toy pandas in the room, but I need to follow up on that. Made me chuckle.
Ron preceeded to talk about the days progress, with Janet and myself avidly listening. It is truly mesmerising listening to him. Many times I have wished I were a fly on the wall, but this was for real. I was there in person.
And WOW. The research they are doing is mind boggling. The team at OMF and at the Stanford Genome Centre is exceptional, and is so advance, meticulous and dare I say ahead of the game, one cannot help being optimistic.
We should hopefully have a live webinar later this month, and Ron will be talking about the research then. But, as much as my addled mind can take in, I can tell you-we are in for a wild ride.
B