The longest yard

Anne has had a pretty steady and gentler physical course this time around which makes waiting for results probably the most painful part of the process. You can't take a pill for it and we don't have a fast forward button, so we just wait. While I'm glad she is feeling so much better this time, the physical issues last round dominated her awareness and required constant an immediate attention. She didn't have the time or the energy to miss being outdoors. She has and continues to face all of this with incredible grace and dignity. She is admired by the staff and has befriended the other patients and their families. But it is this endless waiting that is so difficult. In someways she needs our support more now then ever, even with her feeling so much better then last time. A note, a card, a poem, or photo and of course prayers will go a long way to get her through this period. I'm sorry that I haven't been able to get to the blog more often. It's been hard to get to the computer. I would encourage anyone to jump in and add a post even if it's about a brief encounter with Anne on the phone. She is beginning to use the phone some. She's been wanting to place a post herself but has had problems trying to use the computer at the hospital. Hopefully we'll get her on in the next couple of days.

A brief medical update: She will be getting a bone marrow test tomorrow to assess the percentage of healthy tissue versus the non healthy. And, sometime in this week we should have the results of Steve's match kit.

Love to All

Dennis