Karen woke up feeling hungry and full of energy to met her chemo head-on.  She received her first round of chemo today (02/29) starting at 11:30 and finished around 2:30.  She did great and is still feeling pretty "spunky" right now due to the other meds they gave her in addition to the two main cancer meds.  She will continue the antibiotics for another 8 days, and will have a chemo shot tomorrow (03/01)  This was a great day, first in a long while where Karen has felt like her old self.  Still not running marathons, or working in the garage on projects, but she did great...a real "Trooper."  Karen expresses her thanks to everyone reading this.  The cards, flowers, letters, calls, good wishes and prayers are greatly appreciated by her and her assistants aka "Mom" and "Marghi"  Thanks to all of you. Love you much!  XOXOXO

Karen was all set for her first round of chemo today (02/27)  She was running a fever so no chemo.  Several tests were run and cultures taken to figure out what going on.  The chemo nurse did hydrate Karen, thinking that may be the cause of the fever.  Karen was prescribed a very strong antibiotic to knock out the suspected infection.  Bottomline no chemo today, kinda felt like getting ready for the big day and being left at the alter.  It was such a let down.