Puerto Rico update Friday

Today is a slower day for the gang in Puerto Rico. A few of them went to a factory today that employs people who are legally blind. Many of the people there are HPS’ers. The factory would only allow five people in, however, thus the rest of the group set about doing last-minute publicity for the patient conference or doing whatever else needs to be done for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the patient conference. Please say some prayers for its success. I understand there have been a few issues with transportation and I’m not sure if they got worked out or not. Since many HPS’ers don’t drive, this could be a factor in attendance. Everyone has worked so hard. We’re really rooting for them here.

The first part of the day will be presentations from the doctors and the second part of the day will feature a kind of talent show, from what I’ve heard. This will give individuals time to slip off to the back to talk to the doctors one-on-one or get their blood taken for HPS testing.

I’ll update as soon as I know how it went. It might be a bit through. Some of the team that came from the mainland will have to fly home Saturday night/Sunday morning. I’m not calling anyone on Sunday to get an update. They’ll need to get some sleep and recover!

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