Day 14

We have had good days and bad days. Unfortunately, today was a bad day for Deb. Our day started with a collect call from Debbie because she lost her cell phone. Her voice was so faint on the system that I thought it was a joke. But for the fact that the boys had been out partying last night, I would have hung up. It wasn't AAA or the police, it was Deb with a terrible sore throat. She needed honey and throat soothers.

We were told to expect sore throats and mouth sores, and today we got them in spades. When I arrived at the hospital, Deb was in the bath tub soaking it off. (Mom -- I didn't look!) She had a fever, a sore throat, the rash from hell and whatever else they could have thrown at her today. They gave Deb moraphine and offered her a pump, but she did not want to upset the progress she had made with the lower regions over the past few days. Just unbelievable choices.

Of course, Deb slipped coming out of the tub and I was able to catch her -- God knows what that will look like tomorrow. I put the steroidal potion on her rash today and that has definitely peaked and is on the mend. It did not have near the heat that it did yesterday and it is retreating. Her head is almost free of it, her ears are clear and the rest of her body should be clear in a week. She is still retaining water, but hopefully that will dissipate over time. Most likely, there will be scars.

Deb spiked a few temperatures during the course of our stay today. She had a tiny bit of lunch and a very little to drink while I was there. Mostly, she just slept. We did only one lap today -- but that was all that her strength could muster. That said, I do feel that the rash is now on the mend -- she snapped a couple of times today in "classic Debbie style" so I know that she is still in there and has plenty of fight left in her. Hope to send some of the boys in there to get some of that for themselves instead of me!

Tomorrow is a big day for Debbie -- day 14 bone marrow biopsy -- that will tell us what to expect going forward. We hope to get the results back by the end of the week and we hope that it will say that we can all go home for a while. The test will be performed at 10:00 -- so direct all of your positive energies in a easterly direction at that time. I will be there for the play by play on 94.1 FM. It is just a God awful procedure that was probably invented by the Vikings while pillaging the British Isles.

Thanks to everyone who brought stuff by this weekend. We appreciate all that you have done for us -- Zeke and Bob thanks for the guy stuff, it was great-- and we hope to have a big blow-out here once Deb is back in full swing.

Deb sends her love to all.