December 12

Margo had the bone marrow biopsy yesterday and it was not really traumatic just a little pain in the a... or rather rear end (for a moment there I forgot my audience). Evidently, Tylenol will have to be her drug of choice for the forseeable future and not the horse pill Motrin 800's she is accustomed to. After a lengthy discussion with our daughter-in-law Jamie (our resident cancer-chemo expert and breast cancer survivor); we decided that it would be good not to start the chemo until after Christmas so that Margo can be comfortable and not hairless while our family are here and until Jon leaves for Melbourne. She wants him to have a memory of her as she is now and will soon be again. The scene at the oncologist was much less chaotic yesterday. We got right in and out in a little less than an hour. When the nurse found that we were LDS and that we have two children serving missions, she said that she has worked with cancer patients for over 10 years and she suggested that we give Margo a priesthood blessing before each chemo treatment. From her experience, this will help Margo a great deal. All in all we feel much better about things today. I look forward to Margo and I dancing at Jon and Jess' weddings (whenever they might be). We continue to be humbled by the overwhelming outpouring of love, faith and concern for Margo and our family.