It’s been a while since I’ve posted but I suppose I have good news to report. I was at the hospital yesterday and the results of my latest CT scan show that my infection is improving. There are spots on my liver that are comparably smaller than those seen on earlier scans. My fevers have also dropped slightly (knock-on-wood). It is nothing dramatic but I’m sleeping a little better through the night and lasting a little longer during the day (again, knock-on-wood!).

After seeing me, my oncologist said, “so we’re going to admit you Thursday to start chemo.” I was sort of dumb-founded and asked if I could at least have the weekend because Kieran’s 2nd birthday is Sunday. She said that was fine. So this Thursday I go in for another bone marrow biopsy, since it’s been over a month since the last one, and a red blood transfusion because I’m fairly anemic as a result of the infection. Next Monday I go back into the hospital for a week of chemo. As to how long I will be there, that will be played by ear as we see how my body responds to everything. I will continue on the fungal medication while doing chemo, so hopefully everything goes smoothly (please pray that it does). Once I come home, I will begin the process of getting ready for the bone marrow transplant. My doctor thinks I’ll be finished with things and getting close to resuming a normal life by Thanksgiving. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?!?! I’m looking at Christmas as a more realistic and hopeful goal. The time frame really isn’t important to me – it’s that I get to remission with as few a complications as possible and am able to start rebuilding myself and my life.