And today is the one year anniversary

We were in Denver visiting my grandkids, daughter-in-law and son when Mary presented flu-like symptoms in the very early hours of Sunday morning, March 22nd one year ago.  We subsequently learned that flu was actually cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). 

Her surgeon gave her good odds because she was Young, Active, Healthy and Thin.  We chartered our jeweler, Ken Gehrkens of Los Gatos, to make a neck piece that spells out YAHT to be ready for the anniversary on the 22nd.  Ken delivered, thank you!  Mary wears it full time and we need to return it to Ken for a couple of final tweaks and polish. When that is done, I'll post a picture of this wonderful piece. 

For the cancer that Mary had, one year is a miracle.  As I have written before, out of the 3,000 cases in the USA each year, only 100 or so make it to a one year anniversary. Congratulations are in order!  And a sincere thanks to all the medical staff at both Good Samaritan in San Jose and Stanford Hospitals who made it possible for Mary to celebrate the 1 year milestone. 

Now if we can only get past the back pain and drug induced side effects, our girl would be on a roll!