The week ahead

Hi Everyone.

Jaime here this time.

Daniel has been doing such a good job with this blog, that I feel kind of guilty stepping in, but I needed to share my angle too.

Carol's newest battle with this “old enemy” is a déjà vu that makes us relive with even more intensity a battle that she already fought and won, not only once, but twice so many years ago.

Nobody I know aside from Carol can take this “bull” by the horns and push it back as much as she has done and continue to do. She is a really amazing and determined fighter.

Every possible vitamin and the healthiest fruits and vegetables are piled up and consumed by Carol in a systematic way. She is feeding herself with the most nutritious diet and exercising a little bit when she can. She is not taking anything laying down.

Carol and I will be celebrating our 27Th. wedding anniversary this coming Thursday. The same day we are set to learn of the biopsy results from her second bone morrow tissue at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa.
We are really hopeful that these results can prove that “chemotherapy” will not be necessary and other medications can be given to her instead.
Monitoring her blood levels is continuing almost daily by her oncologist, Dr. Chu to determine if her white and red cells along with her platelets need transfusions.

On a non medical issue, Carol is looking forward to Susan (sister) and Jason (nephew)visiting her (and us too) for a long weekend.
Anytime that Susan visits Carol, there is such a chemistry floating around that I choose to step aside and watch them both do anything they can, from rowing, bike rides, walks, shop, filling up every minute to the end of each day.
I know this time Susan's visit will revitalize Carol even more that other times, so I am also looking forward to it. Jason is just going to be icing on the cake.

All of your support is strongly felt every step of the way and we are grateful for the unbelievable amount of emails, phone calls, text messages (and soups too) we received. All of them give us a bump in energy and hope, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to every single one of you!!
Sincerely. Jaime