Eli's Girl

Hi folks! Sorry for the delay. This is truly a case of no news, is good news. Eli saw the doc twice this week, on Tuesday and Thursday, and everything is looking well. It's so nice to have the nurse sit down and run through a list of symptoms and hear him say no to experiencing them. No pain, no nausea, no problems sleeping, no problems with eating certain foods, nothing. Elijah has been feeling so well lately that he told me he sometimes forget he has cancer. As glad as I am to hear that I still worry about him. He has one more week of being "homebound" and then I'll start to loosen the reins. Don't let the word "homebound" fool ya. You know he couldn't sit still in the house for two weeks. He's gotten out of the house almost daily, I just won't let him go into crowded places. He tried to go to the grocery store once, but I gave him that look and he didn't even bother trying to fight me on it.

He'll get his catheter taken out next week and go down to seeing the doc once weekly. In a couple of weeks they'll start doing tests to gauge how successful the transplant was. Of course I'll keep you informed on that.

Oh yeah, while I have your attention, in the near future, with the assistance of our financial advisor and friend, we plan on setting up a foundation to raise money for multiple myeloma research. We don't want anyone else's family to have to go through this. If bringing attention to this disease helps ensure that, the Alexander family will always be involved.

Continue to pray for Elijah's speedy recovery, for the myeloma to be in deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep remission and for a cure.

Good night.