DAILY NANCY UPDATE #120

Greetings. 

This is the one hundred and twentieth in a series of DAILY NANCY UPDATES I have posted-- now celebrating the fact that even though her post bone marrow transplant and brain seizure recovery continues... the amazing Nancy Neufeld Callaway is in remission and we have kicked her leukemia on its ass. 

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FRIDAY REPORT

Just a quick update. Yesterday during her twice-weekly outpatient clinic visit at City of Hope-- we got two important bits of information from her doctors:

1. Her immune system numbers continue to rise, making the Sunshiny Superwarrior Goddess stronger and stronger every day.

2. Her second BCR-ABL test has once again confirmed that Nancy is leukemia free.

She's continuing to rest and recover at home. 

And some days and nights are better than others. 

But I keep trying to frame it in these metaphorical terms:

When Nancy was first diagnosed with A.L.L. back on New Year's Eve, it was like being told we had to climb Mount Everest.

We knew it was going to be extremely difficult. But we were also extremely determined to get her to remission.

So we started climbing. 

Three hospitals, dozens of doctors and nurses, hundreds of tests... 

Three rounds of chemo, eleven radiation treatments, more spinal taps than we care to count, a bone marrow transplant, and an unexpected brain seizure...

Until we finally made it to the summit. Remission.

But what happens once you reach the top? You're exhausted. Confused. Nearly broken.

So now those of us who love her the most? We're like sherpas-- slowly helping her down the other side. 

Each day the air seems a little more full.

The path feels a little less treacherous. 

And Nancy's body and mind continue to improve.  

And one day, not too long from now-- we'll all be able to look back and see that mountain in the distance behind us. 

We'll be able to pat her on the back and say, "Wow. Can you believe you made it over that thing?"

And then we'll keep right on walking, without looking back.

WE LOVE NANCY, and... 

ALL IS WELL!

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