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I will journal this blog because I certainly have not in a while. First of all, you can all come to my rescue. I am a very good speller, if I do say so myself. And on occasion I have an error on the blog just because it is difficult to write and edit when you are posting for everyone to see. But I can never remember if it is "a while" or "awhile". HELP ME!!! I don't know if they both are legit, if they are what's the difference? What's wrong with me?! The BYU basketball home opener went really well. It sold out and I honestly attribute it to Eric and Brady for all their hard work on the videos (besides word of mouth and camping). They worked really hard and it was an awesome game. Definitely haven't stopped working, but I am glad that we are getting into the season and it isn't the all consuming force in our lives that it was before Nov. 12th. Eric had a new great idea for the Arizona game on Saturday--- a little motivator to entice students to ...

For some reason this is my favorite video. But in case any of you were feeling unsure about how to go about getting tickets.

If you live in Utah, particularly Utah County come to the BYU basketball home opener on November 12th. We really want to see it sell out! come on guys, and Eric can give you $1 ticket vouchers.

But we just wanted to let you all know that we went to the doctor last week and Eric is officially in remission. And check out Eric's new project. Gotta love it. And go to the home opener!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHxiivb8njI&playnext=1&videos=CIYhIeV17aE&feature=mfu_in_order http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ypAMMP0UE&playnext=1&videos=KmowwuLSq7s&feature=mfu_in_order

The last chemo was fine and dandy. We have had so much going on lately, so let's just have a couple weeks in review. Still flushing lines at home, Eric still isn't feeling great, but actually seems to be better than last time. I don't know what was the deal with that chemo #5 but it rocked him. It is hard to believe that the chemo part is already over. How can something go so fast and so slow at the same time?! Eric giving his biohazardous waste can some lovin'. With our good friends, Rosie and Josh. This is Eric getting in the shower (phwit phwew!). A helpful nurse had us switch from plastic wrap to ziploc sandwich bags with duct tape. I got tie dye to spice things up a little bit. John gets Visitor of the Week for last week (Feb. 7-13) because he came over and played board games with Eric all day. They set up Risk, Monopoly, and Ticket to Ride and set a timer every 30 minutes, rotating from game to game. I think they played for ten hours or so (Risk twice). It was on...

Just so you all know, the scan came back with very positive results. Our doctor said it is right where she expected it to be and that it bodes well for the transplant. Wheeeeeeeee! We are gearing up for the bone marrow transplant (hereafter referred to as BMT). It still isn't scheduled which is really pushing my patience. I like to have a plan of action and there just isn't one yet. I imagine it will go something like this: last chemo, 1 week recovery, 1 week shots, next week check in for BMT, Eric there for 3 weeks, I go up on weekends and stay at home weekdays for school. We're looking forward to chemo next week. Mostly because I love the Bistro at Huntsman Center (I highly recommend the roast beef and pepper jack panini)... oh yeah! And it's Eric's last chemotherapy session! No but really, let's look at the things we love about Huntsman: 1. the Bistro 2. the Infusion nurses- they are so much fun and they think we are hilarious, so of course we love them back!...

My last post was premature. We spent the rest of that night at the ER in the University of Utah Hospital because he was still bleeding out of his chest. It finally ebbed around 5 o'clock in the morning, but in typical hospital fashion we were not released until 11a.m.. They didn't clean it up because we had to head up to Huntsman to get it flushed and rebandaged anyway. * small sidenote * he actually got a central line placed, not a port . Apparently there is a difference and I think I've called it a port to a few people and possible on a previous post . ...now carry on... So we trekked up to Huntsman where they were not happy to see us. But they cleaned him up and stopped the bleeding that started again when they replaced the gauze and it hasn't bled since. We got home around 2 o'clock yesterday and I hauled over to campus to try to make it to my last class. Eric was exhausted , but apparently he could muster just enough energy to pay a visit to Camp Cougar and...