more energy, bald head, test is done, and a call to action....

She wound up waking up late night around 2am and doing a few laps around the unit. While it would probably be better if she slept through the night, the fact that she had enough energy to walk around is fantastic! She's really bouncing back, feeling good and has a lot of energy. This time around, the energy is not steroid related... it's all pretty much natural. Her home run totals will drop by a bit, but all around, it'll be a better game. She's down to a pretty low dosage of pain meds, so overall there are fewer and fewer meds interacting within her system.

Early this morning, she decided it was finally time to shave the rest of her hair off. The clippers had been over here for a few days now, but she wasn't feeling up to it... so this morning, around 6:30am she had one of the nurses shave her head. Probably not what's supposed to be happening in the Oncology unit at 6;30am, but when you are feeling up for stuff - it's best to just go for it. I think it looks great on her. The peach fuzz look wasn't really working, so this is a big improvement. With her face, she can actually pull it off. I think she looks more beautiful than ever!

Though there are only about 4 people that will understand this next comment, the rest of you can probably use your imagination --- it's definitely not like the time when we shaved Lips on the front porch on Cliff Street. And then he had to go back to work. Oh my.

Back to the important stuff.... she had the bone marrow biopsy today. They completely knocked her out for the test, so she just remembers getting the anesthesia and then waking up. Her back is a bit sore, but definitely manageable. We should have some preliminary results in the next couple days. This is an important one, so for those of you that pray, please go ahead and pray on that one. For those of you that don't, then do whatever it is you do....

Going home tomorrow is still a possibility, but wasn't explicitly discussed. I'm not sure if it'll be tomorrow, but definitely feels like it's soon.

And finally, a call to action.... as mentioned previously, our good friend Kathleen will be running in a half marathon this Saturday in honor of Anna's fight with Leukemia. For those of you still employed in this wacky economy, today is probably payday... if you can, please do donate (http://www.reddy2run.com) as it does all go to fight blood cancers and it is tax deductible. Also, while you are doing stuff... regardless of who you are going to vote for, please register to vote. Depending on where you live, your time to register is likely running out. And, please don't post political stuff here. Baseball, religion, or just about anything else is welcome here, but lets not digress into politics.

Also, i wanted to thank all the people that have explicitly asked how I'm doing lately and sent hugs/kisses for me (though some of you needed a little prodding... you know who you are!) Seriously, this is all about Anna and no one should ever forget about that... but I do appreciate the love/support/hugs/etc from everyone.

As TJ says, nighty-nighty.