Nick in RaChaCha

This is just Horrible! Speechless!

Ok so we lost, I never really expected to win today. Bottom line is that the Bills are a better team now then they were last year. I see improvments with: The Coaching; Runningbacks; OL DL DBs Holding steady at LB WR Slipping at Special Teams, Not bad, Not bad at all

Arizona

COunt me as a "Maybe"

This whole thread belongs in the Off Topic Board. (os is it "on" the board?)

Sounds like Coach's Dog house to me.

Right before the 2nd preseason game.

You have told that story EVERY year for the last 3 years!!!!! Now I really feel like it is football season!

So far both QBs are doing about the same in training camp. And if they end training camp in a tie... Well tie goes to JP w Holcomb is a low risk player who will only throw the long ball if he sees a coverage guy slip and fall.. Our D has too many question marks to play into Holcombs' strengths. (Low risk passes of 3-7 yards) If we fall behind in a game... Holcombs' strenght becomes a weakness. JP (who will throw a long ball) can lead an Offense to some quick scores. That is why JP will start.

LOL

Damn your old!

Good call by the coach!

Sorry you are in so much pain!

With the ball bouncing our way... we might still be in the playoff hunt by week 11.

"Let's hug it out, biotch"

You only live once!

Bill you hit the nail on the head.

What's his 40 time?

Nothing like keeping a low profile!

I was going to say something stupid like "you are what you eat!" But I dont want to de-rail this thread with a witty off the cuff comeback!

Mira pulled through the surgery like the fighter that she is. One hour after waking up she was sitting up and hugging her parents. The best news is that the Surgeon reported that they were able to remove 95-98% of the tumor. (the tumor was close to 4.5 inches in length before the surgery) (I'm crying while I write this... what a relief) The Doctor told the family that a small part of the tumor was attached to a blood vessle and could not be removed! He was confident that the last round of Chemo would knock it out because the tumor was responding to the earlier treatments. When Mira started chemo in Jan. the tumor was close to 7 in long. She still had a tough road... The Last round of Chemo is going to be the roughest! but for the first time there is REAL hope for a full recovery Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes! Nick

Here is to reaching 100 prayers for Mira. 1. May God's love reach out to you today.

Here is part of an email that Mira's Mother sent us. I'm sure she wont mind me sharing this with the board. It’s been a busy week and a half that we’ve been home. Mira has done well. The first week she was tired and a bit fussy while still being weaned off of the narcotics. This week she’s been gaining strength and skills daily – she’s now cruising around the living room again, only holding on with one hand at times. Talking up a storm – the events of the month of June haven’t left their mark on her. What a relief! We’ve been additionally busy for the past week getting second opinions on whether Mira should have a ‘second look’ surgery before proceeding with her transplant. Dr Dubowy had felt that the risks outweighed the benefits of surgery and we were not so sure. Everything we’d read says that Mira’s best chance of long-term survival is surgical removal of the tumor, layered with all the other things she’s having. We wanted to be sure that we shouldn’t be doing that. We talked to 4 leading experts – cancer centers, radiation oncologists and neurosurgeons and feel we’ve gotten the best information available. The clincher was Dr. Gardner at NYU, who co-designed the protocol that Mira is on with Jonathan Findlay (who used to be at NYU). She said that Mira should definitely have surgery now, that the entire goal was to go into transplant with as little residual tumor as possible, which was our take on it. Dr Wisoff, the neurosurgeon feels confident that he can get some of the tumor out with little to no damage. Dr Merchant at St Jude, who is an expert in ependymoma, said the same. So, Mira will be having surgery at NYU on Thursday. We had initially leaned toward surgery at Sloan-Kettering, but NYU does 3x as many pediatric brain tumor surgeries, so that made more sense to us. Dr Wisoff was recommended by Dr. Pat Kelly, a family friend and one of the top neurosurgeons in the world (who is also at NYU). Can’t get much better than that. It was a hard decision. Chris and I wanted to hear that it was the right thing to do and that it would improve her long-term outlook, but it’s also hard to get excited about sending your 2-year old into brain surgery. Mira will be in the hospital for about a week +/- after surgery, then back home for about 2 weeks to recuperate. Then we’ll resume consolidation and transplant and radiation after that. We’ve gotten a lot of new information about Proton Therapy in this process and will hope to go to Houston for that when the time for radiation comes. A bit of a whirlwind, but hopefully a combination of the best possible treatments to leave Mira cancer free, with a low risk of relapse, with as little neurological damage as possible. That’s it in a nutshell. We have 4 days left at home and will fly (probably) to NYC on Wednesday, Mira will be admitted, we will meet with the docs, then surgery on Thursday. Many details to work out on Monday, as we made this decision yesterday. Thanks for all of your support! Even when we don’t talk with each of regularly, we know you’re out there rooting for Mira and it helps us stay strong. I know she’ll come out of all this as well as anyone can – and maybe better. For more information about this little angel and to see the cutest picture of her go Here

What is this "World Cup" of which you speak? Nick

LOL!