Vacation: All I Ever Wanted

Visited M last night after work at the hospital. She is extremely exhausted and kept falling asleep on me. Good news: The chemo is over, for now. She has successfully completed 7 days of an aggressive chemo treatment. She did end this session with a rash and a fever; I believe the highest the fever spiked was 102º the past few days. Usually when that happens they give her blood and platelet transfusions - so she should be getting one of those again today. She has had numerous transfusions while she's been there for the past 11 days - I would safely assume at least 5 or 6. We got word that next Wednesday will mark a week without chemo so she should be getting another bone marrow biopsy that day. If the results show remission - they should be going along with the transplant. The doctor has mentioned that he is certain that he can find M a 100% match out there, somewhere. If her cancer does not go into remission from the induction chemo I believe she will be getting a second round of "consolidation" chemo. It is my understanding that the drugs given in this second session will be at a higher dose, but the same, or possibly new drugs and/or drugs part of a clinical trial.  

Her doctor congratulated her for finishing her session which she thought was amusing. Now, the waiting begins. She may get violently ill this week, so hopes and prayers she pushes through it with the least amount of complications. 

I am taking a break (it was supposed to be a vacation, but now I am calling it a break). The break is basically from my two jobs. I will not return to work until Tuesday and because I am taking a break I will not be updating anything for the blog. Expect a long-winded post Tuesday. I may head down to Ortley for a day or two but I don't want to make plans that I can't stick to. It's too disappointing. Better to be excited when I get there then to be disappointed that I have to go home. 

On another note, check out this "Vacation" gem: 

And in response, my favorite "summer" song of all time: 

I miss these girls. 

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” 

― John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne