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Adrienne is back at college. We had a hard time getting all of her things out of storage but it all worked out. The only thing we didn't get to do was fill her frig. She has plenty of dry goods but I wanted to make sure she had other things to eat. Hopefully she'll be able to make a visit to Trader Joes today or tomorrow. Classes start this morning with History of Broadcasting and the first assignment is to watch the inauguration. She got papers to fill out to get ready for graduation. It's starting to sound real and very exciting.

Yesterday, she saw her cardiologist and oncologist at City of Hope. We were a little concerned with her low blood pressure, which caused her to drop one of her cardiac meds. The doctor said there's a good solution: gain weight. It makes sense: lose weight to lower your blood pressure and gain weight to bring it up. We know she's trying but it's tough. She'll see him again in two months and hopefully she can add the med back again.

The oncologist didn't have any great ideas, but he's always interesting to talk to. He's a real scientist type and has an interesting view on things. He'd like to add valproic acid back into her regime but we decided to just follow Dr. O's advice. Adrienne had labs done and her hemoglobin and platelets dropped quite a bit so we wouldn't be surprised if she needed transfusions later this week or early next. She'll have a PET/CT in about two weeks so we can get a better idea of how the Bendamustine is working, but we're very hopeful.