Feb 2

I had another good night's sleep aside from the necessary visits from the nurses. I finished yesterday's second dose of chemo at about 12:30 this morning and I feel good except for some constipation and they said they would take care of that. Deb is having breakfast with friends and family so she'll be down a little later in the day. My counts are all still normal but they aren't expected to drop drastically for a while. My Hickman catheter is still working well, they have been able to draw blood from it so I don't have to get stuck every time they need blood. The last two weeks of my last stay they weren't able to draw blood from it, but this last Mon when I came back they put something in it to disolve the clotting and it's been working well every since. Another small victory!!! LOL!!! I wanted to thank you all out there again who have been praying for me, especially "ERNIE'S ANGELS" at Desert Christian School. Having a 5th grade class take me on as a mission project is totally awesome and I am really honored that they would do that for me!!! Those of you who pray I know it's not easy sometimes, life happens and we don't find the time to pray, I do it myself. It makes you feel different about it when you're on the receiving end so thank you, thank you, thank you!!! My constipation is gone now!!! I have an appointment with the bone marrow transplant doctor on March 6th to find out what we have to do and what is involved. My transplant will be done at City of Hope Hospital and possibly my next round of chemo too. My brother and sisters will be tested as possible donors but they will try to use my own marrow first. The best chance for a match is with your siblings, even better than with your own kids. There is a period of about 3 or 4 months after the transplant when I will be susceptable to infection and will have to be watched very carefully, so I will be confined to the house for a while.