The chemo is beginning to tell on Grace. (For you medical people, or those familiar with chemo side effects, she's beginning to experience mucositis, which is not fun at any age.) But Heather was able to spend several hours with her today, so that helped a lot.
And yes, we are surviving the cold, thanks for asking. They have a lovely pellet stove to snuggle up to when we need to warm up, and we're sleeping in the computer room, which gets toasty if you close the door. However, we're not taking leisurely strolls through town. Current temperature is a blamy 36F, but we're looking at a low of 15 tomorrow. No snow now, but you could (please) pray for our return flight next week, scheduled the day after a "potential winter storm." I'm okay with potential winter storms, as long as they don't materialize. :) Okay, maybe a few flakes would be fun to see, as long as they don't mess with air traffic.
UPDATE (already): I should have waited five more minutes before posting. Now I have the word directly from Heather:
I drove up this morning to take Grace to her infusion today. It was good to see her!
She is mostly doing great. (She and Jon both tested negative today.) However, she is starting to develop mucositis, which is a very common side effect of chemo. This is where the mucus membranes do not replenish themselves after sloughing off. She will not fully heal until after her immune system builds back up after transplant. Unless the Holy Spirit does a divine healing work!
Tomorrow, she will be having an EKG and an ultrasound in addition to her final chemo for this round. These things are part of the pre-transplant whole-body workup.
