DAILY NANCY UPDATE #66

Greetings. 

This is the sixty-sixth 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

SHE'S BAAAACK!

Nancy has been in a hospital room at City of Hope since last Friday night. And the past six days have been a frightening emotional odyssey for all of us... caused by what her COH doctors believe was a "chemically induced infection" after her last intrathecal (spinal) chemo at UCLA. High fevers, constant migraines, and rampant hallucinations caused by not only the infection, but the powerful medications used to fight it. 

I can tell you that I've never experienced anything quite so upsetting... 

AND IT WASN'T EVEN HAPPENING TO ME. IT WAS HAPPENING TO HER!

But suddenly last night, as they prepped Nancy for general anesthesia so they could perform an MRI, CT SCAN, and EEG's without her endangering herself in any way... she suddenly began to come back "online." She was able to talk to me. And smile. Understand where she was. And even joke with the doctor just before he put her under.

And since then... not only have the fevers and migraines gone... but the tests have all come back normal. That's right, folks... it appears the Sunshiny Superwarrior Goddess has once again flexed her mighty muscle and cleared the biggest unexpected hurdle of her leukemia treatment so far.

As of today, she was her same old (albeit tired and a tad shaky) self, cracking me and a couple of her dear friends up in the room all day-- not to mention blowing away the doctors and nurses-- who had only met her "Hulk Smashing" alter ego. 

We'll be doing some conferring with Dr. Forman and his City of Hope team tomorrow about when she'll be cleared to come home. But for now, please know that all your good thoughts and prayers... along with her indomitable will to survive and thrive... have finally brought an end to a very scary ordeal. 

WE LOVE NANCY, and... 

ALL IS WELL!

HEADLINES

Please visit the link below for more information on how you can help in the search for a bone marrow transplant donor. Remember, even if you're not a match for Nancy-- sooner or later, you'll be a match for someone. And you might just save that person's life.

HOW TO HELP NANCY FIND A BONE MARROW DONOR

Or, if you just feel like keeping your fluids to yourself and sending us some food instead, that's fine, too.

Meal Train For The Callaways