November 22, 2008 7:30 PM

Did not think that I would get today’s entry in. The internet has been down all day. Just came up at 6:45. I suffered the same thing on Monday – but it came up early Monday afternoon.

Well, I think that I am the “patient that time forgot”. Things have been going so well that the nurses are basically just giving me antibiotics. This happens twice a day so that for a good portion of the day I am unhooked from the IV. Not that it makes much difference, I can’t really go anywhere anyway! The rest of the day, I am basically ignored as there are other patients here who require a lot of constant care. In fact, the nurse last night told me as much as she said that she was a fill-in for someone so they gave her a patient with high demands and me because there really is little or nothing to do for me.

My job now is to just sit here and watch my counts continue to rise as they should. Everyone’s timing is different. But, when I reach certain milestone numbers, I will then be able to go home. Won’t be for at least a week and, even though I am eager to leave, I do not wish to rush it. Everything in its due time!

As expected, the news came through that my sister was not a match for the bone marrow transplant. They have not yet started to peruse the bone marrow bank yet as they want to make sure that I can stay in remission for a while. So, as I said before, the future is a little cloudy at this point and we’ll just take it one day at a time.

I’ve shared with you that family and friends have been bringing me food as I have been valiantly trying to avoid having to order from the hospital menu at all costs. This was confirmed once again today, when Nancy was going to be late, forcing me to order lunch. I ordered the BLT on toast and fries. Sounds good! Uh! Uh! The fries were luke warm at best and the toast was so cold that I think you could have used it as one of those freezer bags that you put inside thermal containers to keep things cold.

Anyway! Yesterday, Nancy brought me one of my favorite dishes – sausages in tomato sauce that have stewed in the crock pot all day and spaghetti. At 1:00, as I am wolfing down this delicacy, a woman arrives from downstairs who proceeds to tell me, “Mr. Johnson, the nutritionist says that you have to eat!” Apparently, if you are not ordering food from the gourmet hospital menu – you must be starving yourself to death! I must admit, however, that given the overall food quality, the option does have a certain appeal!

Bob