Family Reunion at the River

We just got back from a week of the Bronstein clan - patriarch and wife (Bill and Judy), the 3 siblings (Alison, Jon and Deborah) and their spouses, and all 4 grandchildren (and 3 dogs!) spending a precious week all together in a house in the Russian River area (Guerneville). It was a chance to take time and visit and relax. Alison looked good and seemed to enjoy the week very much. She had to take special care with being in the sun, as the last time she unwittingly left her non-sunscreened feet in the sun for a couple of hours, she got a terrible sunburn that resulted in swelling and pain. But this week, she was very careful, and there were no physical set-backs!

Kirk made sure she had some lovely places to walk - beautiful redwoods, gorgeous (and foggy) coast walk, a local walk with all the bounty of ripening blackberries along the route - yum! She took her naps, sat in the shade of the poolside umbrellas to read and relax, and hopefully had enough company balanced with quiet to make for special week. A giant thank you to our Dad (Bill) and Judy for hosting us in the lovely rental house.

Now almost everyone is back to their "regular lives", but we have some wonderful memories that we collected over the week. I'll see if Christa, the Photo Czarina, can post some pix (way beyond my skill levels).

Anyways, our girl is looking good. She had her previous Avastin treatment on the Thursday prior to the vacation, and things went very well using her new access "port". Next treatment is this Thursday - that medicine is doing a very fine job of shrinking the tumors - yay!

Happy summer to all,
Deborah