Nashville, TN

I had my yearly doctor's appointment and MRI this Friday at Vanderbilt. So far, it all looks great. My endocrinologist has looked at the MRI already and said that the affected part of the brain looks to have healed nicely and looks to be tumor free still. Not that we were concerned, they will always do MRI's to be sure the tumor hasn't returned. We are still waiting for the final reading of the Radiologist, but we aren't a bit worried. I still have the 2 endocrine issues from the result of the brain tumor and probably always will, but nothing NEW to report.

My appointment is always in December, so it gives us an excuse for a little Christmas vacation every year in Nashville, TN. We love it there, so what could be better? We go every year to the Opryland Hotel to look around at the Christmas decorations, and eat dinner. So, we decided, why not stay there too? It was a great idea. We had a great time at the hotel and got a great room with a balcony overlooking the Cascades. It was awesome. Conner really enjoyed himself, too. Saturday, we went to the Opry Mills Mall for some shopping and took Conner to see Santa. The mall was a zoo. Steve almost got into a fight with 4 woman in the parking lot. They were going to kick his butt, because he told them he couldn't move from his spot because his wife was in the back seat nursing the baby. Well, they couldn't believe that we would take up a spot if we were done in the mall, just to feed a baby. They were irate and yelling. He jumped back in the car and locked the doors. What Christmas spirit we saw at the mall. Next year, we are going to change my appointment to be the first weekend in December to avoid the last minute bustle. We attempted to go to "ICE" which is Charlie Brown this year, but the line was all the way down to the mall, OUTSIDE. It would have been a 3 hour wait or so. We skipped it. Next year!!!!!!! We had a great weekend and we are all exhausted. We will be taking it easy today.

The view from our Balcony

The view into the Cascades from our balcony.

Giant tree