Time with Sue

Grandpa and Grandma Pollack's visit allowed me to go to Ann Arbor and spend a few days with my dear friend Sue, who is battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma.  Many thanks to Karl and Grandpa and Grandma! 

The day I arrived, I overlapped with a mutual friend from grade school.  Sue had brought along letters from a long time ago that each of us had written to each other.  My favorite line was Cindy letting Sue know she was a "lucky bum" for having me move to her city. 

On Sunday afternoon I took a hike with a good friend from high school.  We ended up at a dam on the Huron River.

A social worker at the hospital gave Sue an edible bone marrow transplant kit to share with her girls. Here they are putting the white blood cells (white choc. chips) on the blood (frosting) which is on the bone (graham cracker). Being in the hospital brought back lots of memories of the many days spent in the hospital with Annika. Once again, I was so impressed by the nurses and the wonderful care they provided.

Just before I had to go back to St. Louis, we had an engraftment party to celebrate Sue's body doing what it was supposed to do - engraft the new cells.   Thankfully, Sue was able to go home the same day I did.