Kristen off to visit Bonnie in MN

Given that Michael is homebound with Isabel and Devon in Burlingame, Kristen Hege decided to combine a site visit in Illinois with a visit to Bonnie in Minneapolis tomorrow (Sunday). She is taking with her this ancient Chinese character painting that a bone marrow transplant patient of hers in SF painted for Bonnie.

Apparently, this was a common "get well card" a few millenia ago. The translation is "Set your mind at ease. Set free your heart." The red characters in the bottom right are dragon-blood red, and in ancient Chinese culture there is no differentiation of mind and heart so freeing both of disease and worry is important.

I am looking forward to a posting and photos from Kristen soon. For those who don't know her she is confident with all medical technology, but there's no telling whether she will manage a photo and posting from her newly-purchased Treo. I suspect I'll get a long-hand report and photos of her thumbs upon her return, but we'll see, won't we?