Maggie has an 8:00 appointment at the CCC for probable admission for chemo. If all goes well this should last until Wednesday afternoon when we can come home. She's feeling ok - not sick but not real energetic. This may have to do with appetite/gut issues. We'll be...

Maggie gets her break! We're holding off her chemo round until Monday week - 11/27. This should give her gut the time it needs to heal before hitting it again hard with drugs. Maggie and I are leaving early tomorrow for a quick overnight trip to Birmingham. We will...

Maggie is continuing to improve from her latest bout of C-Diff. She started a course of Vancomycin last Monday night after our visit to the clinic with fever and other symptoms. By Thursday of last week, we thought she had turned the corner but Friday saw her, once...

Anyone else having a hard time believing it's November??? Anyway, I'm over due for a longer, detailed update, so here it is. If you just want the takeaway.... Maggie is much better after her a round of chemo with some annoying side effects and an unexpected (though...

This photo describes our day: Practically Perfect in Every Way. Maggie's PET scan results show shrinkage and lower metabolic activity in all affected areas - liver, lymph nodes, lungs, and sternum. I have been accused (by Maggie) of allowing my caution and attention...

Maggie was discharged this afternoon - we're sleeping in our own beds tonight. Cultures confirmed a UTI. It was not as severe as the last infection (this summer) but was closely watched due to the potential for trouble in the setting of falling blood counts due to the...

I had hoped to share a totally upbeat post about how well Maggie is doing and how much fun she had at her fall retreat (TBC college girls). She did get to go, BUT.... started running fever yesterday afternoon. We knew she had wonderful nurses helping her - Jenna Clair...

No news is generally good news. Maggie is been enjoying a slightly longer break between rounds - we felt she deserved it and could use extra time to recover from the last one. We've been busy doing some "normal". All good things come to an end, and it's back to the...

After a very long day in the clinic, Maggie has been admitted to 3C for chemo. She was cleared (her counts were strong) this morning, and the chemo was started early afternoon. Normally she will get two drugs in the clinic then move to the floor for the other two. But...

It's past time for an update... Maggie is opting to wait until Thursday for her next chemo admission. We had blood work at the clinic last Wednesday, and all her levels were solid. Platelets didn't seem to take as big a hit from the last chemo infusion since we...