Still doing OK

I believe that, besides Anne's shear will to move through this gracefully, the wealth of prayers she is receiving has made her experience this round much gentler. At least so far. We spent a wonderful Sunday afternoon together and even were able to snuggle some, making sure we didn't foul up her IV lines. Anne is having some bouts of nausea but nothing like last time. She is highly in tune with the subtle changes in her body and has become masterful at timing the different medications to control her reactions. This is not to say that she is home free. Things may change as the chemo is just starting to do its work. Tonight she got the last dose and we cheered. With prayer and good med management maybe the next few weeks will go smoothly with a minimum of discomfort and her nemesis, nausea, which she hated most. Right now she has vitality and is able to get around in her room and into the halls. So we can only hope it will continue that way. There is really no information at this time regarding the effects/results of the therapy. We'll know more in the next few weeks.

Steven returned the test kit to UCSF that will determine if he is a compatible marrow donor for Anne. It is her hope that he will turn out to be a match but we won't know until the end of this week or the beginning of next. Fortunately her chromosome type is fairly common according to Dr. Damon and it shouldn't be to difficult to find a match in the donor pool should Steven not work out.

Anne is feeling all the love and prayers coming her way and speaks of it with deep gratitude.
She is spending her days in reflection of this whole process which she will share, I'm sure, as she gets past the phase of the therapy.

Much Love to All,

Dennis