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Tomorrow (Wednesday) should be her third day of a five day regimen. I'm not sure of her schedule, but I had the IV's three times a day. I could taste the meds after about 45 minutes. Butter mints helped! By the third day I was so loopy I volunteered to help the doctors and nurses when an emergency involving the police happened in the hospital! I remember them looking at me suspiciously. They also took my chart off the door after they caught me reading it. Then there were the consults with physical therapists and speech therapists...totally useless in my case...but I tried to keep an open mind.

Amy will laugh a lot now. And in my opinion (not the opinion of many others), she will speak from her heart. The things she says may not make sense, but you know her and can interpret what she means if you really, really listen. Of course, you've been warned of the possible depression to come after tapering off the steroids.

You, Amy and everyone around both of you are about to venture into uncharted waters. GODSPEED.

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Mary