July 5, 2011

As was scheduled in advance by Ron's oncologist at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ron has been admitted for his sixth round of chemotherapy. He will be a patient here for at least 3 weeks. His hospital address is:

Ron Hover
UMMC. 8B. Rm 8429
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI. 48109-5112

Ron is working toward remission. An excellent donor has been located through the National Marrow Registry, and he has agreed to being Ron's donor at the end of August. He was a 10 for 10 match who has the same blood type as well. He is the same age as our son, Matt, so I can only imagine that he too is at a very busy time in his life. I hope that we will be able to learn more about him.

It was a strange combination of familiarity, comfort, trust, and fear as we entered the hospital again. Ron has done his preliminary admittance routine, and the next event will be a review of treatment by the doctor, and an xray to make sure that his PICC line is still in correct position to start administering the chemotherapy. That "permanent" IV makes bloodtests and IV meds so much easier and comfortable for him.

Thanks for your continued support in a myriad of ways.
Love, Ron & Jan