Don: Everything is a little foggy for me. Being a Martian (you know, the Venus/Mars comparison), I think I am supposed to be given some facts, make a decision and fix the problem. That is just not the way it works when it comes to Leukemia. There is a set method of treatment. That treatment seems to make you much worse but the hope is that you come out the other side with all the bad stuff (and all the good stuff) gone so that they can start to build you back up with only good stuff. While this is a good plan for the Doctors and the patient, it leaves me feeling more than a little helpless.

My job from here on is to just be here, be supportive, make sure that she knows she is not alone in this fight and love her. The nice thing for me is that she is from Venus. She doesn’t expect me to fix this, she just expects me to do my job. I can do that.

I expect that Karen will be filling in a few more of the details of the last few days, from her view, today. It is Sunday morning and she has been on chemo since Thursday. The 7/3 treatment has completed the “3” part. Now we just keep getting the remaining 4 days of the “7” part. For me, I have brought you up to date on what I can pull from the fog of my mind. Karen has eaten breakfast and is taking a nap. When she wakes up we will take our walk.