Merry Xmas from The James!

Picture this...

Xmas morning, a cold, empty apartment. Two young women, both sleeping on airmattresses, wake up to the dulcet tones of Mannheim Steamroller. They turn on the gas fireplace and enter the kitchen to make a holiday favorite from Louisiana - treasure ring, which is a combination of biscuits with creamcheese rolled in butter, sugar, orange zest and pecans - with only a knife, a kitchen towel, and a bundt pan. While it bakes, they gather the gifts and zoom it all over to the hospital into the eager arms of a patient patient.

Karen, Rebecca and Gloria are enjoying a quiet morning together, missing our extended family at Christmas. Thank goodness for the internet and technology! We were able to Skype with our family in Louisiana and watched as Cousin Cora (2 yrs old) opened her very own tea set at holiday tea. Mom is doing well. Her hair is coming out in droves...Rebecca spent yesterday fashioning her a sort of mohawk, since the back and sides are the first to go. She looks pretty punk! Otherwise, things seem to be rolling right along. Her platelets and hemoglobin are pretty much normal and her white count is beginning to increase. Once her white count increases enough to keep her mostly out of danger, and her pesky throat sore disappears, she will be released to the new apartment, which hopefully, by the time she leaves, will have furniture.

Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! We are thinking of you and sending our love.

Rebecca, Karen, Sidney and Gloria