Since they still have not received the drug we've been waiting for at Emory, we're going to do another round of chemo here in Valdosta. That means that Tuesday and Friday of this week and next week, Jimmy will get an infusion at Pearlman. We have mixed emotions about this. On the positive side, we are much happier and more comfortable at home, and we have been dreading going back to all that we know lies ahead for us. But we're ready now to get this transplant behind us: it looms over us like a big dark thundercloud.
We're always aware, too, of the myeloma's lurking presence. Tomorrow they're going to do a complete workup with the blood tests, so when we get the results at the end of the week, we'll have a better idea of where we stand with the cancer. We expect the numbers to be good, but whatever they are, we are armed and ready to make an aggressive attack.
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I feel like I am reading the same thing that I am writing, Ellen. This is such an impossible place to be...hurry up and wait. The mystery of medicine and medical procedures are exhausting. Keep your spirits up...we are with you. Geri
Hi kids. We are reading Ellen's Op-Eds, still in the throes of tests on this end, and will probably have something concrete to report about by Monday or so. Your not getting the drugs is along the lines of the bad service we got a JHopkins...folks who get in these jams in the future may do well to talk to the four of us for some ideas on shortcuts or whatever, there have been too many surprises along the way.
this is such a good picture of Jimmy @ Amelia...so glad he felt like going!!You are so good for each other...Ellen, what a wonderful booster you are..Your artistic flair comes through your describtions.....and both of you are so blessed to have each other!! I pray for both of you every time I think of you...and that is often!!
Love to you both. I'm so sorry you are having to go through all of this.
Love you!!
SL
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