February 14, 2009 11:30 PM

Well today is a milestone day and not because it’s Valentine’s Day.

Today marks the 100th entry to be posted to this blog AND I have also finished the last scheduled dose of chemo. Now that the bone marrow transplant is just around the corner, there are no more plans to have me ever take chemo again. Thank God!!

More importantly, with the chemo done, they will stop the saline fluid infusion tomorrow so that I won’t be making a half a dozen bathroom visits during the night and getting little or no sleep in the process! I was just about to ask for a third kidney to be transplanted as a possible solution to the problem!

As for the 100th entry, it seems like just about yesterday that I just began this little website as an additional way for me to help assist me back to full health once again. Ironically, just this coming Tuesday, a much more important 100 days gets underway which we will count down together. Before you know it - it, too, will be over.

Having been on this floor in the hospital back in November, I have had the good fortune to renew old acquaintances with some of the nurses here. She, obviously, was most interested in my progress and, when she found out that I was doing so well, she immediately homed in on the power of prayer and how well it works. I am so grateful to all of you for supplying me with that essential need.

I mentioned yesterday that they intended to reduce the number of pills that I took during the day and they did so! Instead of over 30, the number was trimmed to 25 – they are all heart here! I don’t think that I have taken a total of 50 pills in the last ten years.

I have not commented on my room this time because there really is not too much to say about it. It, obviously, used to be a double room which they have converted to a single so there is plenty of room. However, unlike my prior stay in November, I do not have a refrigerator. But with only an 8 day stay, it really isn’t necessary. Most importantly, the heat seems to work OK. It does fluctuate from a little cool to somewhat warm but the temperature swings are not nearly as bad as the first room that I had here so they are bearable.

Again, I am doing very well. About the only thing that has happened to me is that my appetite has diminished somewhat – which is a good thing. Having dined on the Stouffer’s dinners the past few days along with desserts – I have actually gained a little weight since I arrived. The doctors are overjoyed with this – but I have to control myself so that I can still fit into that fashionable hospital clothing!

The next 2 days are designated as being days of “rest” for me. However, given that I have done nothing in the days leading up to that point, I will have to ask the doctors what their definition of “rest” really is. On second thought, maybe, I don’t want to know!

So, another uneventful day comes to a close for which I want to thank you all…

Bob