Safai Kids Play SetWell, it's been 2 years since I wrote in my blog.  The last time I wrote here, I was waiting for my husband to get his chemo port put in.  Well, he is in his third year of chemo.  He had 2 years of an IV drug, Turacel and after the second year the cancer was showing up in other places in his body, so the Dr decided that Greg needed to go on an oral drug, Sutent.  The only thing about this drug is that it's very expensive, a 30% copay of over $4,000 from a special pharmacy.  And that was for only a 1 month supply.  So Greg filled out some paperwork, signed a couple forms and we sent the drug company our financial statement and we got the drug supplied from Pfizer for free.  So far, the Sutent has cleared up a spot on his cheek that a biopsy had shown was kidney cancer.  Also, he had fluid in his right lung, probably caused by the nodules in his lung.  Hopefully the Sutent will clear up that fluid and he can then breathe easier, literally.

Since I last blogged, we became grandparents on Feb 24, 2014 by way of our youngest daughter, Kerri Lynne Liu and her husband Joe Liu.  His name is Oliver Gregory Liu.  He is the most darling, cutest little boy that you ever saw!  Of course, Grandma is prejudiced and so is Grandpa or PaPa which is what little Oliver calls him.  Anyway, I took a break from my charity and shop knitting to crochet and knit a play http://www.redheart.com/books/safari-kids  These animals in the picture are what I have finished so far.  They're about 6" tall with the exception of the parrot on the left end.  I've finished a zebra, an elephant, a lion, a tiger and a giraffe so far plus the parrot.  I'm currently working on a second parrot with an orange body and head color scheme.  Ollie and his Mom were over the other day and I showed the collection to him.  He loved all of them!  They were a hit!  Well, I'll close this session of my blog!  Hopefully I'll be back soon to continue!  Bye for now!  Blessings!!!  Safari Kids Play Set  This is the pattern from which I'm making the play set.