I mentioned in my post on Feb 17 that I could enter up to 10 email addresses to receive automatic updates from this blog. Only my mom, Meredith, and Jonathan have signed up so far, so I still have seven spots if anybody wants one. I'm making this as a separate announcement this time so people are more likely to see it.
Ethan
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Chemo-day Update
Hi Everyone,
Guest Blogger Grace here. It's mid-day Tuesday March 8th, and Ethan is at the Infusion Clinic now. I've just left there, and Kathy and Chuck are still with him. Today is his first round of the FOLFOX regimen, and the FOL (Folinic Acic/Leucovorin) and F (5-FU) are the same, but on Dr. Nestor's recommendation, Ethan is now on Oxaliplatin, rather than Irinotecan. His blood numbers (platelets, red and white blood cells) were pretty low today, probably due to the cancer in the bone marrow.
Ethan's pain was getting much worse the past few days, and we're hoping the chemo will beat back the cancer a bit and address his pain. We -- Team Remmel -- have been here before, and the chemo will hopefully address the pain and stabilize his blood numbers. The immediate risks of having low blood numbers are infection and colds. Also, since this is the first time Ethan has been on the FOLFOX regimen, we'll keep an eye out for different side effects, though we've already been warned by the nurses that cold sensitivity is the most likely.
Send good thoughts our way!
~Grace
Guest Blogger Grace here. It's mid-day Tuesday March 8th, and Ethan is at the Infusion Clinic now. I've just left there, and Kathy and Chuck are still with him. Today is his first round of the FOLFOX regimen, and the FOL (Folinic Acic/Leucovorin) and F (5-FU) are the same, but on Dr. Nestor's recommendation, Ethan is now on Oxaliplatin, rather than Irinotecan. His blood numbers (platelets, red and white blood cells) were pretty low today, probably due to the cancer in the bone marrow.
Ethan's pain was getting much worse the past few days, and we're hoping the chemo will beat back the cancer a bit and address his pain. We -- Team Remmel -- have been here before, and the chemo will hopefully address the pain and stabilize his blood numbers. The immediate risks of having low blood numbers are infection and colds. Also, since this is the first time Ethan has been on the FOLFOX regimen, we'll keep an eye out for different side effects, though we've already been warned by the nurses that cold sensitivity is the most likely.
Send good thoughts our way!
~Grace
Monday, March 7, 2011
Weekend update with visitors
I got the CT scan report faxed to me late Friday afternoon. Although in medicalese, it seems positive, with no sign of the cancer spreading within my bones or to other organs. I am a little surprised, given the increase in my bone pain and the doubling of my CEA from around 20 to around 40 during the past month. Last Wednesday I was on 50 micrograms of Fentanyl (100 times more powerful per amount than morphine) and around 10-20 milligrams of Oxycodone per day for breakthrough pain and my pain was about a 2 on a 0-10 scale where 10 is excruciating pain like I had last summer. Now, on my local oncologist Dr. Nestor's recommendation, I am on 100 micrograms of Fentanyl and around 40-80 milligrams of Oxycodone and my pain varies from around an 8 in the morning to around a 3 in the early afternoon to around a 7 at bedtime. The most painful area is my right hip and thigh, which makes me walk slowly and with a limp, and the next-most painful area is my left shoulder and upper arm, which makes it hard to raise my arm. I'm also very thirsty all the time and in the evening I have chills and a low-grade fever (highest measured: 101.2).
Friday evening Seth and I picked up Hannah and Henry at the Bellingham airport and we went to La Fiamma Wood Fire Pizza for dinner with Grace & Miles, Eric & Meredith, and Lynn. Hannah and Henry stayed with Lynn and Seth that night.
Saturday morning everyone came over here and Eric et al. made a great brunch. Afterward we all (except for Grace and Miles who visited Grace's parents in North Seattle) went for a walk through the woods to the beach at Point Whitehorn north of Bellingham. I started out driving there but I had to let Eric take over because I couldn't focus on the road due to the painkillers. Hannah took some photos (thanks Hannah!):
After we returned to Bellingham, Eric, Meredith, Henry, Seth, and I played two-on-two basketball at the playground at Larrabee Public Elementary School, which Seth used to attend. Seth's team won every time, whether his teammate was Henry or me. We returned to my house and watched the end of North Carolina's win over Duke. Then Eric and Meredith had to drive to SeaTac airport to return to Durham NC, making me sad but grateful for their visit. Hannah and Henry stayed in the downstairs apartment and Seth stayed with me, which was wonderful.
Some other pics from Hannah:
Sunday morning Lynn came over and we all (Lynn, Seth, Hannah, Henry, and me) drove up to Mount Baker. Lynn drove the whole way up and back (thanks Lynn!). We followed Seth and Lynn's usual routine and stopped at the "Wake 'n Bakery" in Glacier for yummy pastries (their motto: "Get Sconed!"). We continued to Mount Baker Ski Area, to which I had never been, not being a skier. You can ski all day for free on the bunny slope using the tow rope, which was tricky to use for some kids and adults. I had never seen Seth ski in person before, so that was very exciting for me. Henry was a less experienced skier but I was impressed by his determination. After skiing the boys did some sledding. Some photos from Hannah:
On the way back from Mount Baker we visited another of Lynn and Seth's favorite places, Graham's Restaurant in Glacier. For dinner we had Lynn and Seth's favorite dish, the "Phish tacos." They also have hemp salads and specials at 4:20 pm (are you detecting a theme in Glacier?). We played pool - Lynn started out hot but Seth and I came back and won. Seth seemed really happy to spend time with Lynn and me together. Some more Hannah pics (thanks Hannah!):
This morning Grace dropped off Hannah and Henry at the Bellingham airport. My pain was pretty bad this morning, but I had an hour-long full-body massage from Renee Hertel at mid-day, which felt great. Lynn picked up Seth from school (thanks Lynn!) and dropped him off here. On the recommendation of both of Seth's therapists, I talked to Seth about my medical situation in more detail than I ever have before. The talk felt good to me. Seth seemed sad but not overly upset. He was very sweet to me the rest of the day. I started asking him to bring things to me, because it is hard for me to move around, and he seemed happy to help out.
My parents return from Hawaii late tonight - in about 1.5 hours
I have decided to do chemotherapy tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. On the recommendation of Dr. Nestor, I plan to switch from FOLFIRI to the FOLFOX regimen. I agree with his recommendation. Despite the positive report from the CT scan, this level of pain is intolerable, so we need to try something different. Wish me luck!
love,
Ethan
Friday evening Seth and I picked up Hannah and Henry at the Bellingham airport and we went to La Fiamma Wood Fire Pizza for dinner with Grace & Miles, Eric & Meredith, and Lynn. Hannah and Henry stayed with Lynn and Seth that night.
Saturday morning everyone came over here and Eric et al. made a great brunch. Afterward we all (except for Grace and Miles who visited Grace's parents in North Seattle) went for a walk through the woods to the beach at Point Whitehorn north of Bellingham. I started out driving there but I had to let Eric take over because I couldn't focus on the road due to the painkillers. Hannah took some photos (thanks Hannah!):
Some other pics from Hannah:
Sunday morning Lynn came over and we all (Lynn, Seth, Hannah, Henry, and me) drove up to Mount Baker. Lynn drove the whole way up and back (thanks Lynn!). We followed Seth and Lynn's usual routine and stopped at the "Wake 'n Bakery" in Glacier for yummy pastries (their motto: "Get Sconed!"). We continued to Mount Baker Ski Area, to which I had never been, not being a skier. You can ski all day for free on the bunny slope using the tow rope, which was tricky to use for some kids and adults. I had never seen Seth ski in person before, so that was very exciting for me. Henry was a less experienced skier but I was impressed by his determination. After skiing the boys did some sledding. Some photos from Hannah:
On the way back from Mount Baker we visited another of Lynn and Seth's favorite places, Graham's Restaurant in Glacier. For dinner we had Lynn and Seth's favorite dish, the "Phish tacos." They also have hemp salads and specials at 4:20 pm (are you detecting a theme in Glacier?). We played pool - Lynn started out hot but Seth and I came back and won. Seth seemed really happy to spend time with Lynn and me together. Some more Hannah pics (thanks Hannah!):
My parents return from Hawaii late tonight - in about 1.5 hours
I have decided to do chemotherapy tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. On the recommendation of Dr. Nestor, I plan to switch from FOLFIRI to the FOLFOX regimen. I agree with his recommendation. Despite the positive report from the CT scan, this level of pain is intolerable, so we need to try something different. Wish me luck!
love,
Ethan
Friday, March 4, 2011
Passings
I was saddened to hear recently of the deaths of two acquaintances of mine.
Shearlean Duke was the chair of the Journalism department at WWU. I met Shearlean last fall because a mutual friend knew that we were both dealing with terminal cancer - brain cancer in her case. Although I didn't get to know her well, the brief time we spent together was meaningful to me. She was a warm and kind person. There will be a celebration of her life this Sunday from noon to 4 pm at the Squalicum Boathouse in Zuanich Park.
Cyril Courtin did research on cognitive development in deaf children, like myself. I only met him in person once, at the TISLR (Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research) conference in 1998 at Gallaudet University in Washington DC. Cyril was French, deaf, and had some health issues that I didn't fully understand but which made his movements a little spastic. Nevertheless, we managed to communicate - he using French Sign Language (LSF) and me using American Sign Language (ASL). Side note: ASL evolved from LSF after Thomas Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc brought LSF to the US in the early 1800s, so ASL and LSF are related whereas ASL and British Sign Language (BSL) are not, although the same spoken language, with minor variations, is used in the US and UK.
Cyril was an interesting, intelligent, and nice guy. We kept in touch via email and kept tabs on each other's research. I sometimes joked that it was only through the miracle of the Internet that I could be friends with a deaf guy in France with whom I did not share a language (although actually Cyril's written English was understandable - more so than my written French). I learned of Cyril's death yesterday from another researcher in our field, who asked me if I would like to contribute something for a conference to celebrate Cyril's life and work in Paris in December (I said that I could not commit to contributing something, given my own health issues). Apparently Cyril went to bed Christmas Eve and did not get up on Christmas morning. As I mentioned, he had some health issues and I knew that he was not expected to live as long as he did (he was around my age).
Ethan
Shearlean Duke was the chair of the Journalism department at WWU. I met Shearlean last fall because a mutual friend knew that we were both dealing with terminal cancer - brain cancer in her case. Although I didn't get to know her well, the brief time we spent together was meaningful to me. She was a warm and kind person. There will be a celebration of her life this Sunday from noon to 4 pm at the Squalicum Boathouse in Zuanich Park.
Cyril Courtin did research on cognitive development in deaf children, like myself. I only met him in person once, at the TISLR (Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research) conference in 1998 at Gallaudet University in Washington DC. Cyril was French, deaf, and had some health issues that I didn't fully understand but which made his movements a little spastic. Nevertheless, we managed to communicate - he using French Sign Language (LSF) and me using American Sign Language (ASL). Side note: ASL evolved from LSF after Thomas Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc brought LSF to the US in the early 1800s, so ASL and LSF are related whereas ASL and British Sign Language (BSL) are not, although the same spoken language, with minor variations, is used in the US and UK.
Cyril was an interesting, intelligent, and nice guy. We kept in touch via email and kept tabs on each other's research. I sometimes joked that it was only through the miracle of the Internet that I could be friends with a deaf guy in France with whom I did not share a language (although actually Cyril's written English was understandable - more so than my written French). I learned of Cyril's death yesterday from another researcher in our field, who asked me if I would like to contribute something for a conference to celebrate Cyril's life and work in Paris in December (I said that I could not commit to contributing something, given my own health issues). Apparently Cyril went to bed Christmas Eve and did not get up on Christmas morning. As I mentioned, he had some health issues and I knew that he was not expected to live as long as he did (he was around my age).
Ethan
Sports geek
A friend encouraged me to opine about the Celtics' recent roster moves, and I need little encouragement to opine about sports. My favorite sportswriter, Bill Simmons, has written about these moves, so I'll try not to repeat what he says too much.
The Celtics made number of moves at the trade deadline, of which the most significant was dealing center Kendrick Perkins and guard Nate Robinson to the Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly the Seattle Supersonics) for forward Jeff Green, center Nenad Krstic, and a first round draft pick. Everyone was sad to see Perkins go. He injured his knee in Game 6 of the Finals last year, which I believe cost them Game 7 and the title against the Lakers. He worked really hard to return to the court about a month ago, only to be traded away. Apparently he and his Celtic ex-teammates were unhappy about the trade, although it worked out well for Perk money-wise, as the Thunder signed him to a contract extension for a lot more money than Boston could offer, being over the salary cap ($36 million vs. $22 million for four years).
Neither Perkins nor Robinson are playing for the Thunder right now, as both are out with knee injuries, so the deal hasn't helped the Thunder much yet. Robinson is no loss for the Celtics. He was not a good backup for Rajon Rondo (Delonte West, now that's he's healthy, is a much better option), because he's not really a point guard. He's not a great ballhandler or passer and he makes poor decisions. He is a streaky and sometimes exciting scorer, but he takes some terrible shots. I recall watching a game earlier this season where he stole an outlet pass and immediately jacked up a long three-pointer, even though the Celtics had nobody back to get a rebound. Sure enough, he missed, the other team got the rebound, and the steal was wasted. Jon Barry, the TV commentator, was incredulous. He said something like: "That's a bad-team shot. That's a shot you take when you're on a bad team and you don't care about the team; you just want your shots. That's not a Celtics shot."
The trade suggests to me that the Celtics are more concerned about the Miami Heat than the Orlando Magic in the playoffs (although they might want to re-think that after Miami's collapse against Orlando last night - blowing a 24-point third-quarter lead), because they traded a guy (Perkins) who defends Dwight Howard of the Magic really well for a guy (Green) who can defend LeBron James of the Heat (well, nobody can really defend LeBron, but on the Celtics roster previously only Paul Pierce could even pretend to).
As my friend Eric pointed out, losing Perk will hurt them if they face the Lakers in the Finals, because Perk was good at defending the Lakers' big guys (Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum) - I'm sure the Thunder were thinking about that, as they may have to face the Lakers in the Western Conference playoffs. Maybe the Celtics figured that they have to get out of the East before they can worry about the Lakers, who may not make it out of the West, although they are favored.
Dealing Perk puts a lot of the eggs in the Shaquille O'Neal basket, which is risky at his age (he turns 39 on March 6). Krstic is a serviceable backup center, and maybe Jermaine O'Neal will return from injury and give them something, but I wouldn't count on it, based on his horrible performance for Miami in last year's playoffs. The Celtics appear to counting on a center-by-committee approach.
After the trade deadline, the Celtics and other contenders scrambled to sign free-agent veterans looking for a chance to win a ring. I think the Celtics did well in signing Troy Murphy, a big guy who is a good rebounder and shooter, and Sasha Pavlovic, a versatile swingman with three-point range.
The Celtics made number of moves at the trade deadline, of which the most significant was dealing center Kendrick Perkins and guard Nate Robinson to the Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly the Seattle Supersonics) for forward Jeff Green, center Nenad Krstic, and a first round draft pick. Everyone was sad to see Perkins go. He injured his knee in Game 6 of the Finals last year, which I believe cost them Game 7 and the title against the Lakers. He worked really hard to return to the court about a month ago, only to be traded away. Apparently he and his Celtic ex-teammates were unhappy about the trade, although it worked out well for Perk money-wise, as the Thunder signed him to a contract extension for a lot more money than Boston could offer, being over the salary cap ($36 million vs. $22 million for four years).
Neither Perkins nor Robinson are playing for the Thunder right now, as both are out with knee injuries, so the deal hasn't helped the Thunder much yet. Robinson is no loss for the Celtics. He was not a good backup for Rajon Rondo (Delonte West, now that's he's healthy, is a much better option), because he's not really a point guard. He's not a great ballhandler or passer and he makes poor decisions. He is a streaky and sometimes exciting scorer, but he takes some terrible shots. I recall watching a game earlier this season where he stole an outlet pass and immediately jacked up a long three-pointer, even though the Celtics had nobody back to get a rebound. Sure enough, he missed, the other team got the rebound, and the steal was wasted. Jon Barry, the TV commentator, was incredulous. He said something like: "That's a bad-team shot. That's a shot you take when you're on a bad team and you don't care about the team; you just want your shots. That's not a Celtics shot."
The trade suggests to me that the Celtics are more concerned about the Miami Heat than the Orlando Magic in the playoffs (although they might want to re-think that after Miami's collapse against Orlando last night - blowing a 24-point third-quarter lead), because they traded a guy (Perkins) who defends Dwight Howard of the Magic really well for a guy (Green) who can defend LeBron James of the Heat (well, nobody can really defend LeBron, but on the Celtics roster previously only Paul Pierce could even pretend to).
As my friend Eric pointed out, losing Perk will hurt them if they face the Lakers in the Finals, because Perk was good at defending the Lakers' big guys (Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum) - I'm sure the Thunder were thinking about that, as they may have to face the Lakers in the Western Conference playoffs. Maybe the Celtics figured that they have to get out of the East before they can worry about the Lakers, who may not make it out of the West, although they are favored.
Dealing Perk puts a lot of the eggs in the Shaquille O'Neal basket, which is risky at his age (he turns 39 on March 6). Krstic is a serviceable backup center, and maybe Jermaine O'Neal will return from injury and give them something, but I wouldn't count on it, based on his horrible performance for Miami in last year's playoffs. The Celtics appear to counting on a center-by-committee approach.
After the trade deadline, the Celtics and other contenders scrambled to sign free-agent veterans looking for a chance to win a ring. I think the Celtics did well in signing Troy Murphy, a big guy who is a good rebounder and shooter, and Sasha Pavlovic, a versatile swingman with three-point range.
Friday update
Wednesday morning Eric, Meredith, and I walked to Clayton Beach. It was very windy and wavy but still pretty.
Wednesday evening Eric, Troy, Seth, and I watched the WWU women's basketball team beat Montana State-Billings in the second round of the GNAC (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) playoffs. WWU hosts Alaska-Anchorage Saturday evening in the GNAC title game - the winner gets an automatic bid to the national Division II tournament, although WWU should get an at-large bid even if they lose on Saturday.
Unfortunately my bone pain has increased recently, requiring me to use more painkillers to control it. Thursday morning I got Seth ready and took him to school, trying not to let him see that I was literally gasping with pain. Nevertheless, Eric and I played half-court basketball at noon, which was fun even though I couldn't move faster than a hobble due to pain in my right leg.
Thursday afternoon Eric, Meredith, and I walked down to Lynn's house, picked up Seth, and shot hoops with him at Larrabee (Seth's former elementary school). Seth really wanted to play basketball with us, and it was fun for all of us. Eric Paige, the Larrabee principal, saw us playing and came out and greeted Seth and me with big hugs. I also know Eric Paige because I supervised his sister Ashley's master's thesis at WWU.
Thursday evening we got a babysitter for Miles and Grace, Eric, Meredith, and I went out to dinner at Nimbus, one of the nicer restaurants in town (http://www.nimbusrestaurant.com/). I had a delicious dinner of local oysters on the half shell with passionfruit pearls, a bistro salad, a Nimbus slider (mini-hamburger), parmesan poached Alaskan halibut, and their chocolate dessert. Grace took some photos with her new digital camera:
This morning Eric accompanied me as I got a CT scan, which should give us more information about the location and extent of the cancer. I should hear the results this afternoon or early next week. I have chemo scheduled for next Tuesday, although I don't know if I'm going to do it, or which chemo regimen I will do if I do it (continue with FOLFIRI, which seems to be decreasing in effectiveness, or try FOLFOX, which has similar toxicity and may have slightly worse side effects).
One of the clinical trials that I am looking at wanted a recent CT scan, so I will send the results to them. There was an interesting article about clinical trials for cancer treatment in the New York Times yesterday: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/health/views/03chen.html
This evening I will pick up Hannah and Henry at the Bellingham airport and go out to dinner with them, Eric & Meredith, Grace & Miles, and Lynn & Seth.
Ethan
Wednesday evening Eric, Troy, Seth, and I watched the WWU women's basketball team beat Montana State-Billings in the second round of the GNAC (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) playoffs. WWU hosts Alaska-Anchorage Saturday evening in the GNAC title game - the winner gets an automatic bid to the national Division II tournament, although WWU should get an at-large bid even if they lose on Saturday.
Unfortunately my bone pain has increased recently, requiring me to use more painkillers to control it. Thursday morning I got Seth ready and took him to school, trying not to let him see that I was literally gasping with pain. Nevertheless, Eric and I played half-court basketball at noon, which was fun even though I couldn't move faster than a hobble due to pain in my right leg.
Thursday afternoon Eric, Meredith, and I walked down to Lynn's house, picked up Seth, and shot hoops with him at Larrabee (Seth's former elementary school). Seth really wanted to play basketball with us, and it was fun for all of us. Eric Paige, the Larrabee principal, saw us playing and came out and greeted Seth and me with big hugs. I also know Eric Paige because I supervised his sister Ashley's master's thesis at WWU.
Thursday evening we got a babysitter for Miles and Grace, Eric, Meredith, and I went out to dinner at Nimbus, one of the nicer restaurants in town (http://www.nimbusrestaurant.com/). I had a delicious dinner of local oysters on the half shell with passionfruit pearls, a bistro salad, a Nimbus slider (mini-hamburger), parmesan poached Alaskan halibut, and their chocolate dessert. Grace took some photos with her new digital camera:
This morning Eric accompanied me as I got a CT scan, which should give us more information about the location and extent of the cancer. I should hear the results this afternoon or early next week. I have chemo scheduled for next Tuesday, although I don't know if I'm going to do it, or which chemo regimen I will do if I do it (continue with FOLFIRI, which seems to be decreasing in effectiveness, or try FOLFOX, which has similar toxicity and may have slightly worse side effects).
One of the clinical trials that I am looking at wanted a recent CT scan, so I will send the results to them. There was an interesting article about clinical trials for cancer treatment in the New York Times yesterday: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/health/views/03chen.html
This evening I will pick up Hannah and Henry at the Bellingham airport and go out to dinner with them, Eric & Meredith, Grace & Miles, and Lynn & Seth.
Ethan
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Good things
Some very good things have happened in the past couple of days. Sunday evening my mom, my dad, Lynn, Seth, and I went to a square dance at the YWCA, which was fun. Monday morning my mom, my dad, and I took a nice walk on the North Lake Whatcom "Ken Hertz" (my high school advisor Gary's brother) trail, before I took them to the Bellingham airport for their trip to Hawaii.
Since I was a teenager and played ping-pong at the summer camp where I was a counselor, I have thought that it would be cool to have a ping-pong table and play ping-pong with my kids someday. About five years ago I got a table and put it in our basement (I remember our neighbor Gene helped me carry it in and it was heavy!). I played with Seth yesterday afternoon for the first time in a while and he has gotten better so for the first time ever it felt like we were actually playing and it was fun for me.
Eric and Meredith arrived yesterday evening and we went to Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro for a celebration of our friend Jim Helfield getting tenure at WWU (congratulations Jim!). Lots of good friends, Huxley folks, and kids there.
Afterward Eric and Seth played basketball on the little hoop in the basement rec room (where the ping-pong table is). Eric said it reminded him of playing Nerf basketball at our friend George's house when we were teenagers.
Today Eric and I played basketball at WWU. Four good games of four-on-four half court. We went 4-0, although most of the games were close. Eric and I got to play together, which was great. We also had Ernie, my septuagenarian hero, and Dave Rystrom for the first three games and Max Lewis for the last one. I guarded Barry Potter and then Paul Dunn. I'm home now and feel good after playing.
Ethan
Since I was a teenager and played ping-pong at the summer camp where I was a counselor, I have thought that it would be cool to have a ping-pong table and play ping-pong with my kids someday. About five years ago I got a table and put it in our basement (I remember our neighbor Gene helped me carry it in and it was heavy!). I played with Seth yesterday afternoon for the first time in a while and he has gotten better so for the first time ever it felt like we were actually playing and it was fun for me.
Eric and Meredith arrived yesterday evening and we went to Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro for a celebration of our friend Jim Helfield getting tenure at WWU (congratulations Jim!). Lots of good friends, Huxley folks, and kids there.
Afterward Eric and Seth played basketball on the little hoop in the basement rec room (where the ping-pong table is). Eric said it reminded him of playing Nerf basketball at our friend George's house when we were teenagers.
Today Eric and I played basketball at WWU. Four good games of four-on-four half court. We went 4-0, although most of the games were close. Eric and I got to play together, which was great. We also had Ernie, my septuagenarian hero, and Dave Rystrom for the first three games and Max Lewis for the last one. I guarded Barry Potter and then Paul Dunn. I'm home now and feel good after playing.
Ethan
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