The news from Duke was encouraging. The MRI was “stable”, and the blood work didn’t raise any red flags, either. Dr. Ranjan is going to up his dosage of Temodar slightly, to 250 mg. from 235 mg., but it will all be in one pill this month, not six! He will need to get an MRI here in Athens in August, but if all goes well, we don’t have to return to Duke until October 1st. Peter asked Dr. Ranjan how she thinks he’s doing, and she told him that he’s “doing well”, which would seem to indicate that he’s cleared several hurdles. Peter wants to start thinking about his 70th birthday party in September, so he and I and Hillary talked about that on the way home yesterday. No one liked my suggestion that we have it at the South Pole. Peter wants a beach, and I’m sure they have one there, so what’s the problem? It’s an island with “South” in its name, but No-o-o. The discussion will have to continue, it seems.