Thankful

It's 3 am and I can't sleep. Guess 5 hours of napping during the day is too much. But I wanted you all to know how thankful I am:

• For a body that is resilient enough to take such abuse and has the strength to recover from the side effects of the drug so quickly
• For the nurses and CNAs on 7N of the Providence Cancer Center who do so much more than physically care for their patients. I think that they are much of the reason that the Center has such a high success rate with IL-2
• For my family who are there for me every moment and who truly seem to love me not only as a parent or sister but as a friend
• For my amazing support system of friends who send me off to the hospital with a bag full of nurturing thoughts and the support of many hands sending healing blue light and who volunteer to stay in the hospital room with me in spite of being awakened every two hours so that i won't have to face the pain and fear alone
• For medical researchers whose work has allowed me to live at a time when there is finally some hope for remission for patients who are diagnosed with stage IV melanoma

There is no adequate way to say Thank you enough but I hope that each of you knows how much your emails, cards. notes, smiles, laughter, and hugs means to me.