DAILY NANCY UPDATE #63

Greetings. 

This is the sixty-third in a series of DAILY NANCY UPDATES I will be posting until the amazing Nancy Neufeld Callaway is in full remission and we have kicked her leukemia on its ass. 

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BREAKING NEWS

Oh, man. Rough night.

After spending Thursday getting tests at City of Hope, Nancy woke up feeling kinda punk on Friday. And by Friday evening, she had a splitting headache and was running a fever, which is probable sign of some kind of infection. So we reached out to Dr. Forman, and when her fever tipped past 103-- he told us to immediately pack up and get to the hospital.

Which is why last night, our extremely patient patient returned to COH. 

Unfortunately, they were a bit shy on hospital rooms when we arrived. So we were stuck in the ER from 8:30pm until they finally got her admitted at 1:30am this morning. Then once we got her into a room, of course, they insisted on doing a full barrage of tests. So she finally drifted off with a fever and a splitting headache at around 2:15.

I drove home and fell into bed at 3-- then got up and returned to the hospital this morning to sadly discover she still had a migraine and a fever. So she's now been hit with some morphine and has just peacefully, painlessly drifted off as I type this in a dimly lit room in Duarte.

And here's where I have to lean on a quote our friend Julie (an amazing leukemia survivor herself) just shared with me from another patient she knows who is a former Navy SEAL. An expression he learned during his training also works well for beating this cursed disease:

"They can make it harder, but they can't make it longer."

HOOYAH!

Meanwhile, our daughter Clemmy comes home from college for Spring Break tonight-- so our plans for a big celebration have been unfortunately postponed. But with any luck (good thoughts and prayers sincerely appreciated), the Sunshiny Superwarrior Goddess will be home herself before the end of the weekend.

WE LOVE NANCY, and... 

ALL IS WELL!

HEADLINES

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HOW TO HELP NANCY FIND A BONE MARROW DONOR