After a rough few days of complete exhaustion, Jay is starting to regain a bit of energy - no more sleep-eating bagels! While little things like showering still are very tiring, Jay has perked up enough to read the area's Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper, The South Bend Tribune. This is quite fortunate as the lead story today was a thrilling expose on recent weather.
As those of you who are devoted followers of the Jay-blog know, Jay and co. have been eagerly awaiting Friday's bone-marrow test. Jay was told that Dr. Ansari would be bringing the results along early Tuesday morning so at approximately 5:35 AM the loyal gang of three took off for the hospital. This was a monumental event as no one among the three could quite remember leaving at such an hour in the recent, and long-ago, past. We are champion sleepers and 10AM is much more our speed. But, this was extremely important news so away we went. And the news? At the moment, we're cautiously optimistic. Dr. Ansari explained that he believes the test results showed that the chemo was effective BUT he did not have the final results as the specimen still needed to fully dry. So keep your prayers and good thoughts coming and we'll post more as we know more.
In other news, Jay's appetite watch of 2007 has a new update. Because of the exhaustion of the last few days and the inedible nature of the hospital food, Jay has lost over 10 lbs (for the metric fans among us, he has lost approximately 4.5 kg). Very few things have sounded good, but today Jay requested a small caramel waffle sundae blizzard (undoubtedly falling prey to the tempting on-going advertising campaign). He will get this delicious treat along with his clean laundry this evening.
Finally, in preparation for Jay's triumphant return home (date forthcoming), Colleen and Sean have been painting the living room. As some might recall, it was previously a vivid pink almost the shade of a particular gastrointestinal medication. It is now the shade of butterscotch pudding to remind Jay of the hospital food he loves so much!
Keep your cards, well-wishes and emails coming! Jay and co. love to read them!
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Hi Jay
We were very happy to read the good news about the bone marrow. We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. By the way, I liked the pink walls!
God Bless
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