Oh this is what it can be like...

Just wanted to update everyone on Elizabeth's last round of VIPER. She's a trooper. She started this Monday and continued for many hours Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In fact, Thursday, she even made it to a pre-transplant dentist appointment where she successfully managed not to yack all over the dental hygenist. Although perhaps "typical" fare for many chemo patients, by Elizabeth standards, this road has been rougher than usual with those dreaded side-kick Nausea and his his good-for-nothing pal Vomit long out-living their welcome yesterday and into the night. We hope for a better day today, but in the meanwhile, send a little love...

In other news, both Elizabeth and I were re-tested by Dana Farber this week to double-check our "match" status. Strange, to have your blood drawn and then head to Mailboxes, Etc to ship it to Boston. We also have separate orientations (for donors and recipients) on August 18 at DFCI; we each got packages with agendas and forms and folders--I need to answer a questionnaire about my life--it's like getting accepted to college!! Well, a sort-of freakish college where they poke you with needles so they can play with your blood and ask questions like "In the past 12 months, have you been held in jail, prison, juvenile detention or lock-up for more than 72 continuous hours?" (....well, Elizabeth's 30th b-day did get pretty crazy after the Daily Show, but luckily, that was only 24 hours....) In anycase, the transplant is scheduled for the second week of September. More on that later.

So I leave you now with a request to send a little ____, all you need is ____, ____ lifts us up where we belong . . . (thanks to Ewan)