Welcome to my new site

I have wanted to start an actual blog for sometime, but didn't know how to really go about doing it after using caring bridge. It is so easy to use but has limitations on what I can do to truly make the site our own. I'm sure this site will evolve over the next few months as I have more time to figure out how this site works and as we go through Stevans' stem cell transplant.

I will continue to update the caring bridge site with basic information on Stevans' health issue and what he is going through. This site will also contain Stevans' update but will follow more thoughts, feelings, and desires from my viewpoint. It will be a more personal look at his journey through Multiple Myeloma.

So now onto the medical report... Stevan has been feeling better physically over the past two weeks. He looks good and has lost a lot of the swelling that the steroids had done to him since Christmas. He has been on Hydrocortisone for the past 2 1/2 weeks and has felt better than he has in over a year. Dr Holter, stem cell doctor put him on this after his stem cell harvest when they discovered that his adrenal gland was not working properly.

Yesterday was Stevan's Birthday. He turned 41. It has been almost one year since his arm broke which led us down the Multiple Myeloma path. It was uneventful... YEAH!!! The day before I baked him up some chocolate and apple fried pies, along with his favorite dish, enchilada casserole. Tonight I'm taking him out to eat at his favorite restaurant, Genghis Grill. I know it doesn't sound like much, but he is so hard to buy for. I figure he can enjoy all of his favorite foods, because in a little over a week, he wont feel like eating anything, after receiving his chemo post-transplant.

Over the next week I will try to summarize what Stevan has, is and will be doing. I feel like I need to kind of remind you of where he's been before he begins the stem cell transplant.