March 3, 2006
Houston, Texas
Finish Strong Sports
11:00 A.M.
Baton Rouge
Las Palmas Restaurant
5:43 P.M.
The Julia Lynn
Today's stops included Houston, Texas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
On the road by 7:45 A.M., we left Austin, only to head down the wrong way on I35.
After turning around in rush hour traffic (15 minutes gone by), we headed east
Texas Highway 71. The night before we had a wonderful and authentic Vietnamese
meal courtesy of Cao (pronounced KOW) and his family at their Vietnamese Family
Restaurant. He told us to take Highway 71 to I10 East. Later we found out this
saved us about one hour.
We arrived in Houston about 15 minutes early to be greeted by Rose Terrato, our
prime Houston contact in front of Finish Strong Sports. Soon the crowd started to
gather. All in all about 18-20 people attended. We talked about common
experiences. Ophie and I were invited by Marilyn Perry, Coordinator for the
Scleroderma Registry and DNA Repository, University of Texas, to take a tour of
their research facility and learn about the discoveries and advances in treatment.
We committed to stopping for a visit on our return trip on March 15. Scatay tuned
for this episode!
The Houston Scleroderma family and friends were really wonderful. We were
presented a set of special calculators by Linda Pecot, Texas Bluebonnet Chapter
President, for the entire RFL team, courtesy of her husband, Joe Pecot, Director and
Advocacy Chairperson, Texas Bluebonnet Chapter.
to Houston. Thank you Ken!
Ophie!
round for a special moment.
meet.
Scleroderma.
goals.
gift to RFL Captan, Jim Filanc, on
behalf of the entire team.
registry research leadership.
leadership.
forever linked!
ROUGE
were late!
Thank you!
Anselmo, Michelle Anselmo,
Ophie Filanc
great evening together.
round The Julia Lynn.
everyone!
1000. NOT.