As many of you know, Kathleen passed away a few weeks ago on December 10th. I, her son John, created this blog and helped her manage it,...

November 21, 2023 This is not the update I wanted to give everyone today. I wanted to tell you how great the hotel was going to be! How...

November 8, 2023 I think I get a gold star for the past couple of weeks. Last week I completed my COBRA paperwork; did my disability...

Things are good! Not much to report except that it looks like we have a date for the bone marrow transplant. From the information we’ve...

10/14/23 It’s been a relatively noneventful past couple of weeks with a notable exception. To recap: · I haven’t been in the...

9/30/23 Everything is good – really – but it’s been a bit of a frustrating week. Because of the chemo and the way it works, I have low...

September 26, 2023 Sorry for not keeping up better with the blog. I know many of you are thinking “Did she get home from the hospital?” ...

9/14/23 Have I told you about my car? There was a nasty summer storm on July 29 that had a lot of wind. Somehow, a branch went around...

September 5, 2023 The last time we checked in with our heroine, she had had a rough but fantastic day. She had a bone marrow biopsy and...

8/27/23 They released me from the hospital Friday night around 6:30 or so to go home. It was quite the departure for several reasons....

8/19/23 I know, I know! I’m not supposed to be here anymore, I’m supposed to be at home, on my couch watching tv, eating my own food and...

August 12, 2023 Things are pretty much the same as they were last week for me: I still have literally no white blood cells and I feel,...

August 5, 2023 A quick note to let everyone know I’m ok! This has been an interesting week – I did have a bout of “not feeling well”,...

July 28, 2023 Everyone should be glad to know that I did have a summer vacation this year. It was spent sleeping in my own bed, cooking...

July 22, 2023 The Good news is that I get to go home from the hospital today. It’s been 29 days, and I’m ready to go. I’ll miss the...

7/12/23 Yesterday the head of the unit came by and offered to take me to the garden located in the cardiac care building. I had done...

July 8, 2023 Not much to say about this second week in the hospital. Things have been going well and I have generally felt OK. I’ve...

July 3, 2023 Have you seen the viral videos of bottles rolling down stone steps? Andrew Kelley and David love to watch these. There are...

June 30, 2023 Yeah, it’s been hard to keep up with communications and the like and this isn’t something I’m really interested in talking...

Metaphorically? Physically? Emotionally? Let’s not get too detailed. Right now I’m at INOVA Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. I had a bone...