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I wanted to thank everyone for their support through the last couple of months. My wife is feeling better, even though the doctors are not sure what type of pneumonia we were dealing with or even if it was pneumonia at all. Lupus is so bizarre.

I would especially like to thank the great people from our local lupus support group, who brought dinner for a week after she got out of the hospital. You hear about people doing things like that, but it’s a very humbling experience to be the recipient of such amazing generosity.

I expect that I will get back into the swing of writing soon, but it’s just been a lot of work keeping things going around here.

Thanks again, and have a Happy New Year.

Jeff