Saturday night we had a welcome home dinner for Mark, adults only. Paris announced she'd join us having after all joined that rank recently. I prepared a veal rack from Rosemont Market with an array of colorful vegetables and wild blueberry tart for dessert.
Easter Sunday everyone came over to search for the Easter Baskets Mark had hidden in the garden and garage. They were filled with candy, little presents and Easter eggs artfully decorated by the girls. Poor Mark found his last. I had hidden it well!
It was good to be together.
Mark left for Seattle yesterday, Paris for Syracuse and we took a bus to Boston at 10:30 to meet with Dr. Daniel DeAngelo at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. He is the clinical director of the Adult Leukemia Program there and Dr. Boyd has collaborated with him for 15 years.
Dr. DeAngelo recommended a different, less invasive strategy from the one Dr. Boyd is considering. Once we meet with Dr. Boyd we will let you know what the next step will be. But for the time being we are grateful that Peter has bounced back amazingly well and that there are no side effects to the liver or kidneys.
In closing I want to say how much we enjoyed all the beautiful art we saw at Farber yesterday. This mobile in the entrance hall of the institute is just one example.
8 comments:
Yea, yea. Such great news. Love to you all,
xxoo a
Dear Peter and Jutta:
It has been so meaningful to be able to keep track of the blog posting getting a sense of what is going on. We are sending positive energy and much love your way!
Big warm hug!
Noel and Ben
Dear Peter, Dear Jutta,
It sounds as if things are looking very encouraging and we look forward with the keenest interest and support to your decisions as to next steps. Your reports are wonderful, Jutta, we feel as if we are there with you and that means so much.
Love, Joan and David
So wonderful to see you ALL TOGETHER to celebrate Easter. What a feast and festivities. Paris at the University!!!!...so hard to believe. I remember when Heidi was ay NYU.
What wonderful news and our prayers and healing thoughts continue to be with you. The blog has been wonderful and with gorgeous photos! Thank you!
Love,
Debra
We're thrilled to hear that the doctors believe Peter will stay in remission! What a rollercoaster this has been for you all. We send our love and belated Happy Easter wishes from Austria!
Love, Irene
PS: We had a snowy Easter in the mountains.
Love the photo montage! It looks like you had a wonderful Easter. Very pleased that the doctors are giving you a couple of options and that the prognosis is positive. We send you all much love,
Monica and Gregg
Hello Peter and Jutta: I can not tell you how touched, moved, impressed, delighted, heart-warmed by these updates. The touchstones of your life and thus of these updates are so extraordinary: your love for each other, loyalty and creativity of good friends, the centrality of home and home cooking, walking and talking, children and grandchildren arriving and spreading good cheer and more good food, arts and crafts, and this above all, the ability that you and Peter have to create a loving home wherever you are. Well, I just feel so lucky to be able to listen in on the extraordinary Grafs at this extraordinary time in their lives -- as you take on the challenge of serious illness with all the love and blueberries you can muster. You are in my thoughts all the time and I am glad to see Peter looking so well . .. and EATING so well! much love / claudia
I love the photo collage and descriptions of Easter eats and basket hunting.
I am glad to hear your dana farber visit went well and hope your decision for further treatment is an easy one to make.
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