December 29

Hi,

Although Denny remains in the hospital, he is making noticeable progress. He can walk the length of the hospital corridor and is being faithful to the physical therapy workouts prescribed for him. He knows this is the only road to recovery and now that he can experience the benefits, I believe he will be even more diligent getting all of the repetitions done. He's pretty exhausted when he finishes, but even that is getting a bit better each day. The edema is slowly subsiding and his blood pressure is staying fairly consistent, so the doctors are pleased.

Tonight he will begin the round of chemotherapy that was delayed because of all of the problems he's had the last few weeks. Dr. Meena wants to monitor that very closely, because we never know what is going to happen when a new component is added to the mix. So, he will be at St. E's until next weekend, at least.

Despite the circumstances, our family had a wonderful Christmas and hope that you did, too. Thank you for all of the cards and good wishes, and a very special thank you to the Xavier seniors and faculty who are shoveling me out every day so I can get to the hospital. I really can't imagine how we'd be getting through this without all of you!

Love,
Carla