Greetings all! I am in Wilmington today but do know that all went well yesterday for Peter. He needed magnesium and potassium as usual, and all counts are good. I overheard on Sunday that the reason they want the electrolyte levels at the high end of normal is that the heart and the liver are very easily damaged if levels get too low, therefore they aim for the high end.
We gave a ride to the clinic yesterday to two ladies from our hotel complex who are in our same situtation, a mother and her daughter who has had a stem cell transplant. They are also from Wilmington. They invited us to work with them and New Hanover Regional Medical Center on a Bone Marrow Donor Drive in Wilmington on Saturday, April 24, 2008. We invite any of you who can to come - all they do is take a q-tip swab of your mouth. I'll send out more information as I learn it.
I have been contemplating walking another marathon (half this time) to raise funds for the Leukemia Society. This marrow drive has given me the nudge I needed to decide to do it. Kim and I, and maybe Heather (guess I better ask her soon) are planning on doing the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco in Oct. '08. I will be asking for your support and donations later.
Not much else is new - all is boringly normal for the point we are at. I'm gonna try and catch up with the mail while I am here. In one month I bet we had at least 100 catalogs - can you tell Christmas is coming?
Have a great day!
Wendy
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Hi, glad to see that you and Peter are getting out and exercising every day. Is he still doing the insulin? Hope you got my card. Call you soon, love Sylvia
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