I am in clinic on a early Saturday morning waiting for my counts to come back. The hematology-oncology fellow just saw me and now we are waiting for the labs to see if I need any transfusions. I might need platelets today. I am hopeful that my counts will hit bottom in the middle or end of this week and then start to head up. I want to head to Asheville next w-e so that we can visit friends, be in our house, and see the leaves changing. We haven't been in Asheville now for 3 w-e's which feels like a long time.
Holly and I watched a very good Netflix movie last night. It is called "The Visitor" and was written and directed by the guy who did "the Station Agent." It is about this older professor who goes to his old apt in NYC when he has to present a talk at a conference. He surprises a young couple who have been subletting his apt (illegally unbeknownst to them). The rest of the movie is about the awakening in him as he gets to know them & their plight as illegal immigants. Eventually he helps the young man when he is detained by immigration. It is so well done, marking his empty life as a professor and writer before he meets the couple, and how he changes as he gets to know them and their struggles as illegal immigrants. I wish it had gotten more publicity and played in the theaters longer. It's a very good movie.
We swung by the Hillsborough Farmer's market on our way in to clinic this morning. Holly bought some fresh eggs from one of the farmers, and we picked up some sweet potato sticky buns from one of the other vendors. What a treat!
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