Jan 4

Didn't get much sleep last night, darn Benadryl! I did my worship earlier than usual (about 3am). I'm listening to the song, 'I Can Only Imagine' and it has a deeper meaning to me now. For those of you who haven't heard it, its about a guy who wonders what will it be like when he actually gets to heaven and faces God. He gets detailed but the line I like the most is, "'Will I sing halleluiah, or will I be able to speak at all". Kindof makes you wonder what we are going to do, huh? It was quiet in my room today cause Deb stayed home sick and Dana stayed home so Deb could rest. I called home in the morning and they weren't there so I called Deb's cel and when she answered I ask where she was. All she said was, "Thanks for breakfast!" I can feel my wallet getting smaller and I don't even have it. Maybe phantom pains, no? I'd much rather have them both here but sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do! The doctor came in today and they still don't know exactly what strain my leukemia is but they know the category of survival. There are 3 categories, favorable, intermediate, and unfavorable group. Mine is in the intermediate group, so I guess I'm just an average kindof guy! LOL! Hey, its better than unfavorable, and there are a lot of people walking around who were in the unfavorable!!! My pills just came (4 this time) and I got the 'swish and spit'. I wonder if they would let me try to spit it into the sink from the bed, about 4 feet away. I can doooo iiitttt! Mary called from the airport in Philly and her flight was good but she still had to fly to Providence, Rhode Island. They are still having trouble with my catheter, the lab was just here and had to stick me again so my nurse called someone to come and check it. They have used two different needles on me to draw blood. One is the regular one that is just a needle on the end of a syringe. The other is much smaller and on a plastic 'T' looking thing and there is about a 6" tube coming out of that. They stick it in, draw the blood and when they are done they push something, you hear a click, and then they pull the 'T' up away from your skin like there was no needle on the end, and I looked at it after, there wasn't. Well what happens is when it clicks, the needle slides out of your skin and into the 'T'. The first time they did it to me, I checked my arm for the needle cause I really thought it was still in me!!! Efficient but weird! LOL! Dan & Muriel came today and it was a good visit. Dan is helping me with LAUSD paperwork too, it all has to be done properly. Thank you all for praying for and thinking about me, I really feel it!!!