We Made It!

Hello! Here we are in Germany! The flight was fine - no problems at all.

Dave needed a wheel chair for the airports, but now that we are here at the clinic, he is back to using his cane. I think he will start to ween himself off of that soon.

I am still having technical difficulties w/ our laptop, and the wireless connection, (also the charger & converter!) so for now I am using the common computer here at the clinic. (in other words, I do not have all my contacts listed here, so please forward this to the people you know, that I may have left off the list.)

The clinic is very quaint, just like something you would see in the film "The Sound of Music" The staff are all VERY friendly, apologize for their lack of English (which is VERY VERY VERY good!) and are quite caring and helpful.

Dave has started today on iv's of Vitamin C, Selinium, and 2 homeopathic chemo therapies. They give these to him in the room. The room could be described as a hotel room, except the floor is linoleum instead of carpet. Other than that it is quite nice. It is large enough for all 3 twin beds (one is a regular hospital bed,) a small coffee table w/ 2 lounge chairs, a desk and chair (for Alex's school work!) and a chest with a small TV & DVD player on it. The bathroom is beautiful tile from floor to ceiling on all 4 walls, with 2 sinks and a tub/ shower combo - very nice.

The funniest thing I have found, is the keyboard at this computer!! It has some of the letters and symbols in the wrong places, but they do not work the way it shows! It works just like a standard keyboard. (a little confusing when you look for the "Y" where it should be on the keyboard, but there is a "Z" there! So I find the "Y", over where the Z should be, but when I press the "Y" I get a Z. It took me about an hour to figure out where the @ was! That is because if you "look" for it, it is on the same key as the Q. And if you "look" at the symbol on top of the number 2 key, it is this: " BUT.... to get a @ you still press shift and 2. and to get a " you press some other funny key that I just found on accident!! I don't know if I am explaining it correctly, or if you guy's get it, but I feel like I am on candid camera!!

Oh well, Alex is chompin at the bit to get on the computer and play "runescape" so I will sign off for now.

Check out the website AVRP made for Dave! www.cheeringdaveon.blogspot.com You can add your own comments, and when I leard how to read German, I will try to add mine too! (The directions are all written in German over here!!)

Love to you all -
Randi, Dave & Alex