~ Mom, my niece Jordan, baby sis Joan, and self ~

Wed., Oct. 6, 2004
9:45 p.m.

The phone call came yesterday while I was at Mom and Dad's. Mom's "number count" is down, which means that while some lymph nodes may be swollen, some tumours somewhere have shrunk a little. So she can stay on the trial-drug treatment for a while longer, to give it more of a chance to work if it's going to.

That's the best news we've had in some time, and it was enough to give us hope that maybe, just maybe, this drug is going to make a difference and maybe, just maybe, we are going to get lucky and have Mom around a lot longer.

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I'll be picking Gord up at the airport tomorrow after my Closet and Shower Singers class. He'll drop me off at Mom and Dad's, and drive my vehicle over here to surprise the boys, who will be expecting me to walk in the door, not their dad.

My plane flies out Friday morning at seven and I'll be back Monday.

Have a happy Thanksgiving,
Kate

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