12/30/18 Updated

Enjoyed a wonderful Christmas holiday with family. Blessed to have a loving wife, two sons and their families and brother, sisters, nieces, nephews and cousins. My niece Kim flew down with her husband and son from Wisconsin to too spend a couple of days with us this week, and we had a wonderful visit. Talked to my old college friends Dave Cole and Hank Cardello over the holidays, both of whom lifted up my spirits.

I am feeling much better now that I am off of the oral chemo drug. Getting ready for the next phase – stem cell transplant. I will spend almost every day down at MDA in January and expect to enter the hospital on January 30 in preparation for stem cell transplant on February 6, 2019. While I will be an outpatient until hospitalized, my daily visits will include multiple tests (EKG, PFT, Bone Marrow Biopsy, Echocardiogram), counseling and rehabilitation sessions, and two 12-hour days of chemo infusion.

I will try to keep this blog updated on a regular basis, but please be patient with me. I remain in good spirits with the support of family and friends and know that I am at the best facility ithe country for treating AML.

God has got this, and I am just going along for the ride.

I hope you all have a blessed and Happy New Year, and I am looking forward to a great 2019! Keep up the prayers and support.

Still Faithful,

John L.