A Full Friday

Lots of things to talka about, but I'll give some brief updates. Scott's clinic visit went pretty well yesterday. He had a spinal and intrathecal chemo, so his back is sore. His bilirubin levels were still elevated, so the dose of vincristine was halfed. We're not sure what to think of that, but the docs says getting things balanced on the maintenance schedule takes some time. We'll see.

The voting seems to be going good for Scott's pal Pat. Just keep it up everyone.

Today was a good day, which found us across the bay at the Vinoy resort in St. Pete for the Steve Yarrid Fishing Derby. This is done for the kids and is part of a weekend-long set of events laid out to raise money for pediatric cancer research. I'll post more details tomorrow - especially about the companies and folks involved, but wanted to toss up a few pictures from the day. Lots of kids at the event, and some really amazing folks volunteering and helping out. Everyone involved was exceptionally helpful and made sure every single person knew the day was about the kids, for the kids and owned by the kids. They taught them how to tie knots, how to cast and how to properly hold fish. Then everyone would yell and get cameras around each time a kid hooked a fish. The energy from everyone was wonderful. A great day.

Scott with a Big 'un

Scott with a couple of Ice Girls

I'm the fat grey-headed one. Wade Boggs is the other guy.