Immensely grateful.

Today I am highly grateful for the persistence and tenacity of a couple of people, one of whom I've never even met.  First, I'm humbled and honored to have been offered by two separate musical groups to have fundraiser concerts put into action for me.  The leader of one of the groups I've played with offered his services in this manner right after I announced the news to another group that we both play in.  The news was still fresh and I was still reeling from it and so I kinda let things slide on it.  I got an email from him today and I called him back.  He's going to head up a committee to work the logistics of a fundraiser in Portland with a jazz theme.  If you would like to help out with recommendations of venues, offers of calling people to line up various logistical stuff, etc., please click the 'contact' link at the top and let me know.  I'll put you and him into contact with each other.  I'm not asking for anyone to take on a full-time job, but if you have some ideas or are familiar with this kind of process, it would be of great help.

The other persistent and tenacious person is the mother-in-law of a friend of mine who has gone through a very similar situation.  She emailed me and I was caught up in my freak-out.  As things started to calm down a bit, I called her and left a message.  She called me and left a message.  Then this evening she called me again and we talked for about an hour.  She shared the details of what she experienced after her surgery - both the horrifying (having a headache for six weeks) and the beautiful and hopeful (the fact that she was alive a coherently talking to me at all) details.  She also welcomed me into one of the many exclusive clubs you never ever intend to join, where the motto is "it's better to be seen than viewed".

The other band that is planning a fundraiser here in the town where I live.  The band is called Majik and Jai plays in it.  I will post more details about that as they become available.

Thank you!


Given that I finally get to see the neurosurgeon tomorrow, looks like this picture I took a while back (before I knew I would really need it) is today's photo du jour. ;)