Hello, greetings and Happy St Patrick's Day to you all.

Always, thank you for your prayers and support. We are seeing prayer answered daily.

Today I got to take Rebecca outside where we dined on fine Culver's cuisine. The sun came and went as did a breeze. As we wheeled around the jogging track, it began to rain, then some sleet and snow. We were a little damp by the time we returned to the hospital lobby.

Yesterday many people visited us, including one surprise drop in who happened to be returning to Denver from Cheyenne. This helped break up the day. Rebecca had a couple of BP measurements that exceeded the 150 upper limit, and the nurses and doctor think it was due to the stimulation of so many people dropping by. (there was laughing, and telling stories about family, etc which put a cheery rose to Rebecca's cheeks--a little too much cheery blush). The doctor suggested limiting visitors to no more than thirty minute stays.

Rebecca's BP is back in the mid range of where we want it to be. She is in good spirits today and we've received several visitors this afternoon.

Xavier is something of an Olympian, both in his ability to hide from the heart beat monitor (although you can catch him wiggling) and in the strength of his heart. Tonight his heart rate ranged from 138 to 158 during the 5-10 minutes we "cornered" him; earlier today he had nearly as active a range. This is exciting, expected and healthy. Glory to God!

Tomorrow, Rebecca will have another steroid injection, have more blood drawn for another series of labs and another 24 hour round of looking for various protein markers in her body. The new round of tests are to help University Hospital in Denver in getting a baseline when she is admitted. Her move will begin about 7:30 AM Tuesday with the ambulance heading south about 9:00 AM.

I am preparing for an extended stay in the Southern Outpost, which means collecting all the can't-live-withouts from up north and getting the Northern Outpost packed in moth balls. I will be practicing bringing home little ones as I will be bringing both Lena (our Dalmatian) and Poof (our 5#, self-cloning fuzzball of a cat) with me. This will be a Poof's first visit to the Southern Outpost.

2 Chronicles 16:9! Our God is strong on our behalf and on behalf of Xavier Michael!

Thank you all for your prayers,