Saturday, June 11, 2011

Bright Spots

The cork from a bottle of Dan Akroyd's Sauvignon Blanc we had last week:


And who says we Canadians aren't funny?
Apparently only some stupid social networking site, who polled its members:

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Americans+rated+funniest/4931138/story.html

Makes me wonder, though, who the voters were thinking of when they thought of "funny Americans", since many comedians in the States were bred in Canada (e.g. Bill Murray, Jim Carrey, Will Arnett, etc.).  I guess you could point to SNL and Second City, but then Lorne Michaels is Canadian and SC Toronto is second only to, well, Second City Chicago.

And then there's the Canucks' uniforms (they're on their 5th since '69):



So week #4 of chemo is done, and we got the results ot Bethany's MRI scan -- seems the "thickening" of the pituitary stalk is gone (woohoo!) and there's even a "bright spot" back to see.  The "bright spot" is the posterior part of the pituitary that's supposed to show up brightly in an MRI scan:

NB: Not her real scan, so don't worry about the arrow

This were two of the indicators that the doc had seen in the March scan that had convinced her that the LCH was back.  So a reversal of those two things is really good progress and hopeful.  As you can imagine, we're thrilled and grateful for the ongoing support of friends and family.

Our neighbours, on the other hand, thought we were taking too long to cut our lawn (two weeks instead of one), so left us a note in our mailbox this week saying they'd "appreciate it" if we'd cut it soon.  I finally got to it yesterday, but then posted this on the poles near the house:


And who says we Canadians aren't funny?
Wait, I asked that already.