Fri 9/9, 9pm

Stefan will be getting his 2nd dose of daunorbicin at 9:30pm. I erroneously posted earlier that he will receive this chemo drug via IV; it is not administered via IV, but a nurse injects it with a needle, dosing it in over 15 minutes. The cytarabine is a 24hour IV drip chemo drug.

Steve, Karen and I [and kids] went to see him today. He looked the best he's looked over the last two weeks. His cheeks had color, instead of being a chalky gray, and they weren't as sunken in as they were earlier this week. He was up and about today - he washed up in the bathroom, and even shaved his 5 day stubble [electric razor only]. He ate, he talked, he looked well.

No side effects to the chemo, so far. They push a dose of anti-nausea meds into his IV about half hour before they start the chemo, so apparently that's been helping him.

Thank you for all your calls and concern, for being there when we need you all. It means so much to all of us. -SMK