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Monday, November 5, 2012

45-46 deatime

. he suggested a modification to the plan - he asked me if i would go east along with him so that i could stay close by during his summer trip .
t thought it was an adaptive solution . i ran it by lauren . she , too . was impressed with jonas's idea  . i had already decided that i would  be taking at least a month's summer break from my practice . i needed some time way . i would use some of it to go east with jonas . i would  literally be close by  if he needed  me . and he and i would be able  to spend a day together exploring new jork city during each of thhe three weeks he was with his aunt and uncles's family in white  plains .
lauren saw the new  summer schedule as an opportunity  too . she had just been informed that the local  U.S  . attorney  had decided  not to prosecute  her for a prescription drug importation fiasco she'd gotten messed up in earlier  in the year . the day after i told her i was considering  going to new jork with jonas , she began planning a  long-postpond trip  to the netherlands to track  down a daughter  she'd given up for adoption as an infafant many years before we met .
she considered  the timing auspicious medically , as well .
her neurologist had recently recommened a cange in her MS  medications . for many years she had  been taking IM  interferon injections to control the onset  of new  multiple sclerosis  symptoms . given  her recent instability  , her doctor wanted  to switch her to tysabri , the first of the monclonal antibodies avaible for  MS  prophylaxis . as part of the transition  protocol she would need to go off interferon prior to her  first  dose of tyssabri.
 she would make the trip to holand during the hiatus between  the two medicines  . a  double holiday , " she called  it .
 grace was torn about the change  in plans . she'd been excited   about spending the summer in boulder with her new brother , but she  was also thrilled that she was going to get the chance to go to europe  for a girls' adventure with her mother .
what neither lauren nor i said to each other  , however  , was  that . we were both  content to use the break from each other to continue to heal  . it had been a difficult year for each of us  personally . it had been a troublesome year for us as a couple .
jonas's needs provided a perfect platform .
mona , jonas's nanny , eagerly volunteered to house-sit , keep an eye on adrienne's vacant home , and watch our three  dogs .
our  summer cards , it seemed, had been dealt .

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