Weds noon: Singing, Israel, UGA

It's been a busy day. While Deb waited for her blood work I went to get the schedule and packet of signed doctor's orders we need the next few days. Deb's name is Deborah Leah Mcintyre Darley. The head of the business office is also Deborah Leah. After Deb's bloodwork, I introduced them to each other and they had a nice chat.

After completing the MRI, we stumbled upon friends sitting around the piano so we sang together for a few minutes. Someone came down from  the tenth floor and thanked us for singing.

Deb (left) singing the praises to the Lord. Anita (right)

The pianist is a caregiver for another cancer patient.

We also bumped into Dr Don Evans from the UGA Vet medicine department. He's here for a three month checkup.

He is one year ahead of Deb in treatment and has gone back to work. He told us about the maintenance chemo plan which we will be starting when we get home. In describing the meds, he said the UAMS maintenance program we will be on is more intense than most hospitals main myeloma treatment. He also talked about how expensive these meds are. We were encouraged because he seems to be doing so well.

Israel, David, and Deb: all looking good!

As we were leaving we bumped into Israel and his son David from New York. Israel looked so good! We each shared how the last time we saw one another he had doubts that Deb would survive and we had doubts he would. PTL we are all here! They are back at the Markham House after staying elsewhere on their last treatment.