Friday, January 15, 2010 7:42 PM, CST

Good evening, Mark and I are just getting in from the clinic.

It was another very long day beginning at 7 for a bone marrow and gene array test. Mark says the tech did a great job - in other words it didn’t hurt so bad!
Afterwards we met with Dr, Nair. Today was a day for long waits - lots of patients. He told us that the pet scan and MRI results looked very good, most of the bone lesions were healed. A great big YEA!! It was so cool to see the MRI and pet scan superimposed - like Dr. Nair stated - you have no secrets! It is amazing.

Mark is still not in complete remission and the doc said he thought it may stay that way - some people do. But it should not be a problem. It is a stubborn devil.

From the doctors office Mark went for labs and to have the CVL port put in while I went to the pharmacy and to talk with the nurse to make sure we had all the medicine and instructions we needed. He will begin chemo tomorrow.

Tom and Debbie took us to a really cute Mexican restaurant for an early dinner. They are so precious. Tom is also beginning his chemo tomorrow along with a few other people that we know from the clinic. It was like old home week - one lady ask us while we were all waiting if we knew each other before this. We all laughed and told her that this has made us friends!

Mark will begin the morning with his 14 pill breakfast mix. Yummy…………

Please continue to pray for us.
Love, Karen