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I know I'm not so quippy these days when it comes to titles, but I just can't be bothered with it. I cannot believe it has been a week since I last posted, longer even. It goes so fast and slow at the same time, as most things do that one is not accustomed to. Eric's ANC count has been at 0 for a few days now, which is a good thing. But he has been really sick because of it. This whole weekend he slept; I think he was awake about an hour or so each day total. He throws up almost everytime he tries to eat, which isn't all that often since he is so tired. They give him shots now like the ones they gave before he collected in order to stimulate cell growth, and the projected day to go home is Saturday (this would stem from 2 consecutive days of an ANC>.5). I won't hold them to it, but it would be really nice. Eric is drained, but mostly physically. He can't speak for himself right now because he is sleeping, but it would wear on anyone. I admire him so much f...

The next few days (days 3-5) were spent watching March Madness. That was pretty much all Eric did those days. Davy and Jeff came up for the first BYU game and they caused quite a stir. The nurses, etc. all loved the rowdy room! We are so proud of BYU for making it out of the first round! They had a really good season and we love them. That whole last week Eric got chemo twice a day, once in the morning and once at night... about 5 hourse total per day. It didn't make him feel sick much, but the first day was the worst. Lisa, Eric's sister came up and hung out a little too, but Eric fell asleep after one round of Yahtzee! Sunday (day 6) we thought was going to be a day of rest; they told us he wouldn't have any chemo or anything but they were wrong. He did have one chemo that day that was short. We turned the tv off on Sunday and Eric left his room for the first time. Walking around the hall is very anti-climactic because it is about 4 feet long. He rides the exercise bike i...

Day 1, March 16th. The room is great because they change the air completely 6 times an hour. Seriously they do. Alright you can't tell, but still it's comforting to know that the air your breathing is so fresh and so clean clean. It's strange because we arrived and got settled and they say, okay you have chemo at 12... so we'll see you then. Then they leave and you are free to just do whatever you want, just have to stay here. Eric has compared it to prison and/or the MTC. Eric was really proud of how much he peed here. He is on the chemo now, it's a 4 hour one today, the rest of them will be 2 hours, and that lasts for the next 5 or 6 days. After that it's transplant time, but we'll blog then to update rather than now when I really still don't know exactly what it will be like for him. I'm trying to convince Eric to blog so if you want to hear directly from him you should raise your hand (symbolically, i.e. comment) and tell him so that we can convi...

Eric is going in on Tuesday, March 16th instead of Friday. They want his lungs and heart to be a little stronger first and they're wiped out from the CHOP. Good news for Eric, he's going to cruise on down to Vegas for the MWC Tournament with his dad and brother.

Before anything, we unbelievably forgot to mention that Bill (in the BYU Athletics Dept.) invited Eric to his office the other weekend and Austin Collie was there! You won't believe it, but he gave Eric his Super Bowl jersey. Yes, it's a real Super Bowl jersey. As some of you know, Eric and I have not had to go up to Salt Lake in one week! This has been a huge relief for now, and it is due to the fact that Eric collected on Monday last week. They needed to collect 5 million cells for his transplant, and after a long day of collection he produced over 9 million cells! If only we could sell his excess cells... haha. Actually we would willingly give them to anyone but I don't even know if that is possible or even useful in the medical world. All I know is Eric is a stud. He knows how to get it done. As for everything else, we have been waiting just like you have. Many people have sought me out looking for the next set of information, but I haven't had it to give yet. We h...