Don: Karen has done a great job getting started on this blog. I don’t want to just repeat a bunch of what she has already told you. Let me just say that I agree with all that she has written so far. I may have a couple of things to say about how things looked from my side that will add a little more depth to what is going on down here. ( I will try not to let this message get away from me!)

One thing that really strikes me is how many people have reached out to her. People from work, family, horse friends and more. I really want to thank them all for the friendship, love and support they have shown. If prayers alone were the answer then we would already be home and this is just day two of the chemotherapy.

Second, everyone knows that Karen is a nurse and I think she is a very good one. Now that she has spent 8 days in Bay Medical, had surgery, run around Shands for 3 days before finally getting a room and started her treatment; she is going to be ready to take her nursing to the next level. She has such a better understanding, now, of what the patient could be going through. She told me that it has made a tremendous impact on her.