DAILY NANCY UPDATE #123

Greetings. 

This is the one hundred and twenty-third 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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SATURDAY REPORT

This is a picture of my beloved childhood friend Thad Westhusing-- who today, swam two miles in the chilly open waters of Seattle as part of SWIM ACROSS AMERICA, a charity devoted to raising funds for cancer research and clinical trials. 

And look who he dedicated all of that exhausting effort to...

We love you, Thad. 

And you've given us the perfect opportunity to express our heartfelt love and appreciation to everyone else who has done so much for the Sunshiny Superwarrior Goddess and our entire family.

Honestly, there are too many of you to name. But you know who you are. And we will never forget you.

Because of your extraordinary kindness...

• Multitudes of lives may be saved through The International Bone Marrow Donor Registry.
• Congregations of all faiths across the country have included Nancy on their prayer lists.
• Candles have been lit from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City to Notre Dame in Paris.
• Prayers have been hand carried and placed between the stones of the wailing wall in Jerusalem.
• Healing talismans - stones, shells, crosses, crystals - have been sent from around the world.
• Trees have been planted. And wishes have been tied to trees.
• Prayer shawls have been painstakingly knitted.
• Meditation recordings were specially made and daily played for Nancy.
• Fuzzy socks, and warm blankets, t-shirts, and stuffed animals were sent by the dozens.  
• Signs and banners and cards were received by the hundreds.
• Dear friends have driven mile after mile, to spend day after day, and night after night with Nancy-- at three different hospitals and here in our home.
• And almost every single night since January 4th... another unbelievably generous friend or family has fed us dinner through the Meal Train. Some of you, multiple times.

And all of that's only the half of it.

I mean, look... we all know I'm a sap... but I'm weeping all over again just writing this. 

Because it's not just humbling. Your outpouring of love for us has literally redefined love-- in the same way Nancy's strength has redefined what it means to be strong.

So thank you. All of you. Again, and again, and again.

She continues to improve, little by little, every single day.

Her outpatient clinic visits at City of Hope have now been reduced to only once a week. Two of her three anti-seizure meds have been eliminated, along with a few other meds related to her transplant. During our last visit, her immune system numbers were higher than ever. Her last EEG showed completely normal brain activity. And this Monday, Nancy's undergoing a detailed, four hour cognitive assessment in the hopes of pinpointing specific memory centers affected by the seizure-- so her doctors can gather more insight about how best to help get her amazing brain fully back to fighting form.

She has not been defeated. Neither have the rest of us. And thanks to all your incredible support-- we never will.

WE LOVE NANCY, and... 

ALL IS WELL!