Death's Door

[elSicomoro]

I talked to Jim on the phone tonight...he sounds good, although I could hear the fear in his voice. They're going to start chemo next week, but the stem cell treatment will not start for a month or so.

My Aunt Joan has been with him since all this started (which I believe was last June or July, so this has been going on for almost a year now)...she's been helping my cousin Kathy take care of the kids and keeping things in order. My cousin Johanna was also up there until the end of 2002, doing much of the same. My Uncle Jim leaves tomorrow to head up there, and he'll be up there for at least 5 weeks, just to be there with him.

To me, it's just one of many examples of what family is all about. I only wish Rho's family was so proactive in regards to her kidney failure...