It was four years ago today that, while playing golf, one of Jimmy's vertebrae collapsed. A few weeks later, we learned that this was caused by multiple myeloma, the rarest of the three blood cancers. Treatable but not yet curable, it is a cancer of the bone marrow, that destroys the bones. Four years ago, the average time a person lived after diagnosis was forty-four months.
We passed that marker four months ago, and not only is Jimmy alive and kicking, but with the help of oral chemotherapy, the cancer is in remission and we are living relatively normal lives. It's still an uphill battle, but we are enjoying every day, hopeful that the grace of God and the advancement of medical science will grant us many more.
