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Waking up today I wanted to know she was getting better. When I reached out to Linda I got the news that she was talking more and asking when she was getting out. Great news! When I arrived at the room around 7:30 I heard her voice. The strength and tone were there. She wasContinue reading “Her voice returns”

The last 24 hours have been a roller coaster for all. I will get to the punchline and then work on elaborating. She is doing better but not fully out of the words. The floor move We moved from the 20th floor to the 16th floor around 7:00 pm. This occurred after the reboot sheContinue reading “Almost…”

Real brief post. She was suffering from a non convulsive epileptic seizure. The doctors have given her medicine to come out of it. Really amazing they can do that. She is now on an iv to help keep her from having anymore of them. We are moving floors right after the shift change so thatContinue reading “We now know what it was”

I wanted to share with everyone where we are now. We were optimistic that we would be heading home today. Friday night and Saturday morning were normal. The Long chemo was completed, and we started on the secondary Chemo, Cytarabine. After one full day, we noticed that her face was flushed. That is a normalContinue reading “Long Weekend – Looking for Answers”

Welcome to the 20th floor! This is a new floor for us. We have always been on the 16th floor through most of our stays. I would say it feels different but once in the hallway, they are the same! We are in a room that is at the end of the hallway and soContinue reading “22 hours”

We are sitting on the 24th floor of the Hospital. It is called the observation deck. It is all enclosed and designated as a quiet area. When you are up here you can see an exceptional distance on a clear day. The first time I visited here was several years ago when an old ITContinue reading “Dr Visit Day. Bring on Cycle 6”

Correction for a previous blog. I am told it has only been 38 years for the friends not 40 8-). Weekends are always interesting times for the way they fall on the chemo schedule. In the immediate weeks after the last round she has has a rough fight with the nausea. Fortunately it has allContinue reading “Friends weekend”

Nausea has been a huge challenge over this last week. It is the type of thing that you don’t want to write about until you are through it. For a person that is normally healthy and rarely down for more than a day being sick, Michele has had a lot of challenges. Her numbers haveContinue reading “A lot in a week”

We are currently in the big DIP after the last chemo round. It was a clinical trial that uses a new drug called Nelarabine. This is different from the normal regimen of Cytarabine. The big side effects are nausea and extreme sleepiness. We are firmly feeling both symptoms. Her sister Linda took her to theContinue reading “Nelarabine = Fatigue”

Saturday visits are very different than the weekday visits. First the roads were absolutely clear. Hardly a car on the road. Which means cruise control! :-). These days are fun because I get to pretend I am an F1 driver. Hugging all the curves on the road. Only difference is I am staying within theContinue reading “The weekend clinic”