May 24, 2006
This is one of those “Hallelujah” days – I received the last injections of the fifth round of chemotherapy, and for four entire lovely wonderful days, no needles, doctor’s visits, just splendid “Remission” songs. A fine storm came through yesterday evening to wash everything clean and water generously all the growing things; this morning, mists hung over the pasture at dawn. The spiders had knit all the grasses together with single threads that you could see because they were outlined by the wetness shining in the sun – it was a most extraordinary sight! There must be hundreds of tiny creatures living out their lives within inches of where we walk, yet completely hidden from our sight.
I need to mention the typical nurses that have been giving me injections; they have incredible empathy for all of us who are in their care. When I told the nurse at the Specialty Clinic in Seward that the chemotherapy succeeded in its purpose of pushing back the illness, she began to cry. She said it had just broken her heart to give me the sinking blood counts week after week, and this news was so grand! We shared happy tears in a rare and memorable moment.