COMPUTER ATE YESTERDAYS REPORT

The computer ate yesterdays report. I thought it was pretty good but evidently the computer thought differently. So we will try again.

It has been a tough few days - the radiation is getting to me. About Wednesday I started feeling the affects of it and it has gotten worse every day. This morning was the worst of the worst and I hope these problems will soon start to disappear.

It looks like I will be back in Albuquerque sometime next week and I will be on a rest program for the month of July with appointments back in Houston towards the end of July. Then Chemo in Albuquerque for two months and then back to Houston about the first of October.

I have mentioned the many blessings I have had, and I truly have had great and abundant blessings. One of the blessings I have mentioned several times are my sons who have rotated in and out to take care of the "Old Man". Since I consider all of you my best friends and almost a second family, I want to take this opportunity to introduce my three sons I am so proud of.

JL (John Leslie - named after my brother John and my wife's brother Leslie) is the oldest of my sons and lives in Dallas. He was down here with me last week and left on Saturday and Andrew came in on Sunday. JL went to Tulane University in New Orleans and finished his undergraduate work in Albuquerque. He then moved to Dallas and got his MBA from Southern Methodist University. He is an internal auditor for Country Wide Mortgage - a very large nation wide firm. He travels around the country and audits the activities in the locations from Florida to California and a lot of places in between. He is married, and he and his wife Leslea, have six children. JL is very active in his children's activities and especially involved in all sporting activities for his children. He coaches a number of teams himself each year. His oldest daughter, Rebekah, is studying in England as a recipient of the Marshall Scholarship. She is a graduate of SMU in Dallas and has many accomplishments to her name for her academic achievements.

Scott (Marlin Scott - Named after his grandfather Marlin Hawker) lives in Albuquerque with his wife Sheri. Scott and Sheri are both electrical engineers and Scott also has a degree in computer science. While they are both from Albuquerque, they met at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Sheri left the work force a few years ago and has been helping her mother take care of Sheri's grandmother, who turned age 99 earlier this week. Both Scott and Sheri are giving and caring people who have made a home for several animals who were abandoned and sick. They participate in numerous charity events each year and give freely of their time and resources to help worthy causes of many types. We have been blessed by having Scott and Sheri right in Albuquerque where they have been a tremendous help to us. Scott has been involved right from the beginning with my cancer problem and is responsible for guiding me to MD Anderson for treatment. He has been over here with me four or five times already and is always willing to come back or take care of things for me back home if I need help.

Andrew (Andrew Albert - named after "Mr. Wonderful" himself) Andrew lives in Florida and loves the Sunshine State. He is also an electrical engineer earning his degree at Texas Tech. He also has his MBA which he earned from Texas A & M. Scott and Andrew are both electrical engineers but in two entirely different fields. They have a hard time communicating with each other at times because of the difference in their areas of work. I can't communicate with either one of them on anything more complicated than a menu at Mc Donalds. Andrew's work relates to buildings or construction and his personal specialty is hospitals. I took him around MD Anderson, and as great as this place is, he was able to find some things he "would have done differently". Andrew is married to Maria who is a high school teacher, a coach, a drivers ed instructor, and just about anything else that has to do with kids. Andrew and Maria are both very active in outdoors activities including tennis, scuba diving, sky diving, kayaking. Maria has three children who Andrew loves as his very own and they all participate in many of the activities as a family.

In addition to the wonderful sons I am so proud of, I must give full credit to my wife who is the person who guided and directed these boys and kept them straightened out while I traveled for the insurance industry almost constantly during their childhood years. She made sure they did their home work, ate properly, were home at night, went to Church and Sunday School, participated in Little League and Boy Scouts. She is the main influence on their intellectual success (anyone who knows me - understands this).

Now you have met my family - a family I love and am so proud of. I am so lucky to have a family of such great people who care about me and care for me. As stated before, you are all part of my family and I appreciate all of you too.