1/5 0915

Thanks to all of you for your wonderful words of encouragement. We are so blessed by your prayers and verses. Erin loves you all so much for being part of the team!! Last night she wasn't feeling well, nausea mostly so they gave her a bunch of medicine for nausea and she slept well. Bill said they came in hourly to start a chemo drip (6 hour drip), do vital signs, draw blood, put drops of steroids in her eyes, etc. She slept through most of it. Praise God, since she hasn't really slept well in a week. My friend Ramona wanted me to put some treatment detail in this note, so here goes: Erin will have 10 days of intensive chemo and then 3 weeks of recovery from that here in the hospital. then she may go home for a week or 2. The second phase is 8 days of intensive chemo and 3 more weeks of recovery in the hospital. Between all these treatments she will undergo many tests to see how the chemo is working and how the rest of her body is holding up. After that 2nd phase she may be able to do outpatient treatments where she would come in a get an IV for a few hours and go home to recover for a week and do it again 3x. At the end of all that they will determine if she is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Her sisters would be the best hope of a match but if not, they will go to the national registry to look for a match. The Dr told her she should not return to work for 6 months. Dr is here, more later, janet