Don: We have been here a little over 30 hours. Karen got her first dose of chemo last night and the second this morning. There will be no dose tonight or tomorrow morning. Then 2 more doses, a day off and then 2 more doses. After that we get discharged. While Karen is getting her dose her body feels heavy but that goes away pretty quickly. Overall she is doing absolutely great! We still have a long way to go. We know that there will be some low days ahead. In fact we have to wish for them because that is why you take the chemo. You have to get worse from treatment before you can get better. That is the only way to get rid of the AML.

We have had an almost boring day. At least we both felt that way. Now looking back on the day I don’t know why we felt like that. Karen’s parents showed up a little before noon. We were about to go on a walk. So we visited, did laundry, heard a volunteer singing down the hallway so went and got her to come to Karen’s room, went on a long walk, watched a few songs we recorded on www.SingSnap.com, Karen got a shower, went back to visit friends on the hospital floor she was on last month and in-between all that Karen visits with her nurses. She makes friends every place, even from a hospital bed. We are going to watch some DVDs as soon as she gets off the phone. Maybe I should say “if” she ever gets off the phone. Later, Don