Hi Folks,
Just a quick update before we go into tomorrow and the first bone marrow biopsy since the stem cell transplant. Rita is a little apprehensive about this because they do it a little differently in the BMT clinic than she is used to. They don't give her all of the meds that she is used to getting and she is worried that it will hurt. They have tried to reasure her but, as I am sure you can understand, she won't know until it actually happens. She always asks them "have you ever had it done?" Only Dr. McCarthy has had one - for reasearch - and he said it wasn't bad at all. By the look on her face, I don't think she believed him. Anyway,it's going to be a big day eventhough we probably won't get the results until Friday.
Everything continues to go well. Rita is feeling good and continues to exercise and gain strength. She is walking, doing a stair stepper and doing the tread mill in the hotel's exercise room. The more she works out, the better her appetite seems to be. Snacks are more frequent and meal portions a little bigger. She is still quite slim but slowly gaining back soome of what she has lost. Maybe I'll even get into better shape as I try to stay up with her.
So, tonight will be quiet and hopefully Rita will get a good nights rest. By late tomorrow morning, it will all be behind her.
So, Goodnight for now, Dave & Rita
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