We traveled to Hurley for the bi-annual Rundell reunion on my mother's side of the family. We arrived just as the clean up started. A smaller reunion of just Eli Rundell descendants was on Sunday. We stayed for that and saw many familiar relatives and met some of the younger generation attending for the first time. My father and Uncle Kenneth both passed away since the 2007 reunion.
Carl and my mother left for Akron and Craig and I headed to Rochester. We stayed at the transplant house and that made trip easier knowing we were headed to our "house" away from home. Craig had 2 full days of tests, consults, and exams.
The great news is there is no detectable sign of cancer in the blood, bone marrow, and any lesions are healed or healing. Craig will have some lasting side effects from the chemotherapy, but not anything as horrible as the disease. He doesn't have any new compression fractures and didn't need any more vertebralplasties. One of the readings from his blood work is usually associated with a longer than average remission.
He's had some lower back pain and will have a couple steroid injections before we leave tomorrow. This is an outpatient procedure and Craig should have no discomfort traveling. We'll need to pick up Carl from Akron on Wednesday and then head back to Pierre on Thursday.
Now it's time for bed. We have many things to be thankful for tonight in our prayers. Gail and Craig
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