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Arizona, St. Pat’s, Scan Friday

By Margot | March 19, 2008

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The boys have had a good spring break so far. We had a great time in Arizona.  The boys had a ball at the game and even more fun at the hotel.  The hotel could have been in the middle of nowhere and they would have loved it. They got up and made their own waffles at the breakfast bars, ran up and down the halls, and rode on the luggage thingys. As it happens, the hotel was in the middle of nowhere.  We stayed in Yuma a couple of nights to break up the drive since it was such a quick trip.  Neil and I stayed there about twelve years ago on our only other spring training trip and we still joke about the guy at the hotel we stayed in.  We asked him if there was a good local restaurant he could recommend  and he said, “Do you like seafood?”  and we said, “Yes,” and he said, “Well there’s this place down the street that is my favorite place to eat and it’s called “The Red Lobster”.  It was very funny.  Anyway, it very good to get away into the warmth and sunshine of Phoenix, I wish we could have kept driving and not have had to come back and face the music.   We all played catch on the grass outside the park and Charlie threw the ball back and forth with Dad. He watched the pitchers in the bull pen for a while and now he lifts his leg when he throws.  It’s a crack up. We only got one signature from a player and he was an Oakland A (Jed Morris).  We googled him afterwards and it turned out he’s fighting lukemia.  What are the odds?  We told Sam he was fighting cancer too and Sam thought that was pretty cool.  He wants to play baseball now. Sorry about the pics. I keep resizing them and they still turn out like postage stamps.  I was under the impression with the Tony Hawk pics that if you clicked on them, they’d get bigger.  Obviously, not the case.  Doug promised he walk me through getting the right size.

We had corned beef and cabbage with Pistachio cake for dessert at Colleen’s house for St. Patrick’s day.  The boys were very upset that Mommy forgot to set the leprechaun trap the night before but we theorized that the leprechauns would be out and about until midnight of that night. So after Colleen’s house we came home and the whole family chewed a piece of gum and we stuck it on a plate poured molasses and maple syrup around it, stuck a gold coin in it and covered the whole thing with whipped cream so the leprechauns wouldn’t suspect anything.  Sure enough, in the morning the whole house by torn apart by those tricky leprechauns, they tipped over the chairs, took the gold coin and left some chocolate ones and poured the maple syrup and molasses all over the table.  The boys will tell you all about how we almost caught him.

Yesterday Maureen came and took Sam and Andy to minature golf and video games at Boomers and then took them to Toys R Us to buy a toy. I think it was their dream date.  Andy coming home said, “That was the best day ever!”  Grandpa flew in today and we’re going to have lots of fun with him in the coming week.

Tomorrow is the injection for the scan and Friday is the scan.  Please think good thoughts for Sam.  A lot will depend on what shows up on that screen.  The bone marrow is less than one percent positive. We are exploring several options but won’t make any big decisions until after Friday and labs tomorrow.

Margot   

 

Topics: Progress Reports | 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “Arizona, St. Pat’s, Scan Friday”

  1. tom Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 11:54 pm

    margot and red-

    thinking about scans on Good Friday and warrior Sam….emphasis on warrior….whatever the results Sam will get up on Saturday and charge forward…keep the spirits up, plan for the worst and hope for the best..I love your whole bunch. Tom

  2. Vickie Buenger Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    Even those squinty little pictures showed how much fun you were having at spring training. Keep after it and don’t let scanxiety get the best of you.

    VB

  3. Shelly Adams Says:
    March 21st, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    Thinking positive thoughts for you all. It looks like the trip was terrific, I hope those good memories just keep coming for you!

  4. Donna Ludwinski Says:
    March 21st, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    PRAYERS FOR SAM TODAY… ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!

  5. Pat Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    Hi Sam-

    Glad to hear you had a great time in Arizona. Will look for you in the majors! Hope to get your autograph. Good luck this week.

    Pat
    Atlanta, GA