NOAH AOC

This is a pic taken by ATS's official photographer. Here the doctors are coming and going from meetings. It really is a big meeting!

Here's a pic of Ryan with his girlfriend Sarah. I got to meet Sarah when I was at NIH. She was very nice. I'm very glad Ryan has found such a nice girl! Grin! They've been going out several months now, so we'll see what happens. They seem to fit together very well.

When Lisa volunteered for a lung lavage for research, it meant that she had to go to NIH on her birthday. Ryan's girlfriend Sarah brought a birthday cake darecorated with little chocolate chips. We saved a peice for Dr. Markello who was staying late to do my sleep study. He quipped, "Oh look...

I had wanted to post these pics in order as they happened, but you know what, I've got so many cool pics that it will take forever if I do it that way - new plan. After the circle, we split everyone at conference into three groups - HPS'ers only, parents of kids with HPS only, and HPS spouses...

Meet Barry, an HPS'er from Canada! Barry has been key to helping us establish a relationship with the Long Island Islanders hockey team. He went to high school with some of the players. Go Barry!

I know these pictures look very "orange" but the lighting in the room was very "orange" too. Grin.

Ryan introduces himself in the circle.

This is a photo from the circle that we hold every Saturday morning at conference. It's actually kind of getting to be a circular blob as there are so many of us. We each take a moment to introduce ourselves, report on what happened to us in the last year, and share our hopes for the next year. It's...