A Rose for Melinda by Lurlene McDaniel

Author:Lurlene McDaniel [McDaniel, Lurlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780307544599
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2002-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

MELINDA'S DIARY

Friday the 13th

Chemo sucks. It took an hour and it hurt. The only thing that saved the day was visiting my old floor and saying hi to the kids. Keisha has gone home. But I saw three new faces of kids who've checked in since I left.

Cancer sucks too. Especially when it picks on little kids. I'm tired now and don't feel much like writing.

TO: All Concerned

Subject: Outpatient Chemo Begins

This has been a hard week for our little girl. Her friend Jesse Rose returned to California, she started homebound schooling, and her outpatient chemo treatments began. The protocols are two weeks on (three days a week) and one week off, for the next three months. Once chemo is over, she'll be tested frequently over the next six months and if she remains cancer-free, she'll return for semiannual checkups over the next few years. If the drugs do their part, she should be out of the woods in five years (by the time she's eighteen and heading off to college, this whole ordeal should just be a really bad memory).

I told her I'll take her to Paris to celebrate when her chemo treatments are over. She said, “Dad, save your money … I'm going with a dance troupe.” What a girl! She never forgets her dreams and goals. Elana and I are so proud of her. Elana has dropped all her outside activities, except tennis, which she says she needs to “vent” and blow off stress. I use golf for the same purpose.

Thanks again for all your concerns. I'll only post if there's something meaningful to say.

Lenny and Elana

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