Day 138

Hello,

We had a pretty good day today. Rita's bone marrow biopsy went well - we will probably get the results on Thursday. Her numbers were pretty good today which we are taking as a good sign. Dr. Wetzler told Rita that he is not going to start her on course 3 for at least three weeks. They will do another bone marrow biopsy on January 3, 2011 - three weeks from today. That will determine when she can start course 3. While this delays the process by about a month, it does mean that Rita will be able to be home for Christmas and New Years. She is really happy about that. We think we will be able to come home Thursday and then maybe back here next Monday. We are currently on twice a week in the clinic (Mondays and Thursdays) but, if her numbers get good enough, they may change that to just once a week for a few weeks. We'll see how that develops. At the least, we should be able to get home every Thursday through Monday (or Sunday depending on the weather) until they start course 3.

Rita continues to get stronger - she did the tunnel walk and stairs after the bone marrow biopsy today and felt good all the way. We do need to get some meat on her bones so we will be working on that a little more vigorously. She will be getting whole milk and cupcakes and anything else she can get get down. She seems determined to get this weight thing under control.

Enough for now - we'll be sure to let you know when we get her results.

Dave.