Are we home yet?

Hi Everyone,

i hope that you all had a great weekend! I know that our weekend was much better than last weekend was! I just wanted to give you all an update on how Doug is doing and what the plan is moving forward.

This weekend was a lot of fun--a big group of our friends was up to visit Doug and keep him busy! On Saturday we all went down to the Inner Harbor--thats right, he walked all the way there and back--and had a nice lunch at a good seafood place. We then all walked around, saw a bunch of street performers (including the world's worst sword swallower) and made a quick stop for some retail therapy :). We then came back and Doug's friend Alan and his wife Danielle were in town to see him so they came and hung out with us at the hotel for a while---so for all of you folks at Mannkind, if you want to know how Doug is doing, Alan Jones is your man--i think he even has a picture on his phone of the two of them! That evening after a quick rest we all piled on a shuttle and went to dinner at a place called Bertha's Mussels--it was a good meal and a lot of fun with everyone. Yesterday we had breakfast with our friends Andrew and Julie (the rest of the guys had headed to the Giants game......which they won by the way.....had to throw that in) and then the rest of the day was designated for football and Ryder Cup Golf Tournament watching--complete with room service. We needed a day just to rest! Doug did great all weekend...we were both tired at the end but it was great to see everyone. It makes us miss home even more!

Today I went up to a Starbucks about a block away and worked for most of the day---did you know that Starbucks charges for WiFi now? Damn economy........hahhahah. But after I got a bunch of work done we took a quick trip over to the hospital because Mr. Popular had gotten a phone call this morning that he had a bunch of packages that had arrived for him! So we made a trip up to the 7th floor where all of the nurses promptly swarmed around Doug exclaiming how good he looked (he really does!). Dr. Sardi and Paula were also on the floor at that time so it was nice to see them as well. I think Dr. Sardi must think that we stalk him....then we took a walk down to the inner harbor just to get out and moving a little bit, and now we're just relaxing and hanging out and planning on watching some football tonight.

Tomorrow will bring probably about the same as today--I plan on working for most of the day and then Doug's father and elizabeth are coming down in the evening so we will probably have dinner with them. They will come with us to Doug's appointment with Dr. Sardi on Wednesday and help us get settled for the long car ride HOME!!!

Oh--and for all of you Kitty fans out there........shes living at my friend Stacy's parents' house for right now and has managed to not kill their other cat.....could she be getting nice??? No we both miss her and can't wait to have her back with us--but thank you to the Sullivans/Ryans for taking such good care of our "baby". :-)

I hope everyone has a great day, see you all soon hopefully-
Lindsey