Bob is still in Brigham and Women’s with a fever. They are doing a number of tests to determine why, and it looks like he won’t be home by Wednesday as we originally expected. I think we all thought that once his WBC was in the normal range (as of yesterday) he’d fight the infection. He is on antibiotics but he hasn’t gotten any better.

The last couple of stays in the hospital have been hard on him – his spirit seems broken. His doctor said that the phase from the last round of chemo to baseline testing is often compared to initial diagnosis. During chemo you have treatment to focus on – now we worry and wonder about whether the treatment worked. It has already started to be a very emotional and anxious time. By the end of March Dana Farber will do baseline testing to determine if he is indeed cancer free – the start of remission. The next 6 weeks will be difficult but I am hoping that once Bob is home we’ll all be able to recover together. As one of his friends from work said – this sucks, but it will not suck forever.

Miranda also has a fever this week – hers broke out after Bob was admitted. They are comparing their temps – Miranda’s was over 103 last night and Bob’s reached 101.5. Next week she has winter vacation. It would be so nice if we all have a healthy week together.

Bob cancelled dial-up on his laptop – he was so sure he was finished with inpatient and now he’s lost interest. I’ll let you know if anything changes. I’m off to walk Diggy and then visit Bob for our Valentine’s hug and kiss!

Maureen