Dealing With Detours

Hi everyone. Thanks for checking in with all the positive thoughts. We feel blessed to have so many great friends and family cheering Billy on to the finish line. Had a little detour this week. Following the most recent round of chemo our hope was that the bone marrow biopsy would show no cancer cells. Unfortunately this was not the case and so they will do a repreat biopsy next week. If purple cells remain more chemo may be needed and the process he has just gone through repeated. If the cells have been sucessfully eradicated then we wait about two weeks for his body to replenish itself with healthy cells before the doctors will consider discharge. In the meantime it is a day to day regimen of antibiotics, platelets, short walks and rest. Needless to say all the doctors and nurses love Billy, his sense of humor and positive outlook. He has been visited personally by the head chef (who used to work in the White House) and plans to get on a first name basis with the hospital CEO. He continues to work by holding conference calls from bed and last week registered for Wharf to Wharf; I have no doubt he will find a way to race! Truly an inspiration to us all. Lisa