Jennifer's Diagnosis

To all of our friends and family,

As many of you are aware at this point, Jennifer was officially diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) on October 17th, 2011.  She is at the Carolina's Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.  Jennifer is going to start receiving Chemo treatments today and they will last for 10 days. During this time we ask that anyone who is thinking of sending flowers, please hold-off as the flowers are not allowed. Balloons, cards and stuffed animals are gladly accepted.

For those that are wondering "how did this all come about"? the answer is still undetermined.  But what I can say is that Jennifer is strong and is in great spirits, she clearly is ready to fight this cancer and win.  Jenn will be receiving IV treatments for 7 days of one Chemo drug and then 3 additional days on another Chemo drug.

We were going to transfer Jennifer to Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, but found out yesterday that they won't work with our insurance; United Healthcare. This left us a little bummed because of the family and friends that we all have in Buffalo. Once we commited to having the treatment here in Charlotte, I think we realized quickly that we had made the right choice.  Jenn has the top Oncologist taking great care of her and the nursing staff is outstanding!

All Jenn wants is cold water all day, so the nurses are getting used to bringing in pitchers of water almost hourly... :)

She is eating well and is truly inspirational in the way she is preparing for this battle that she is about to endure.

Please limit calls to the hospital as Jenn needs to rest and fight the good fight.  I will continue to update the blog daily for those of you wanting to know what exactly is transpiring.

Please keep Jenn in your thoughts and prayers.