Marilyn saves the day - again

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 (late afternoon)

After my conversation with Dave's parents, I called Marilyn back and asked her to call them for me. She knows them and she knew Dave's mother would take it very hard. She, like me, also knew, that Dave needed full support, infused with complete optimism and confidence in his recovery process.

She felt very strongly that Dave's parents would be more helpful if they did not come out to California, but waited and helped us with the move and the Stem Cell Transplant recovery.

She called them. As a physician she was able to answer their questions with authority and give them sincere hope and optimism, advice and guidance. It was such a load lifted off my shoulders, it was another one of those immeasurable things.

The truth was, I was staying with friends, and spending long days at the hospital sitting in a hard chair next to Dave's bed. There was no point in them coming now. There were things that we really needed help with and that wasn't one of them.

I called them daily from that point on and gave them reports.