Diagnosis: Leukemia; July 7, 1989

I woke up at eight thirty. Alex and I had breakfast then I had a shower and got dressed.

I did the dishes and tided up the house.

In the afternoon I took Alex to see Dr. C. I wanted her to look at the rash on Alex’s underarm. Marla had said there is a tick call Lynne’s Syndrome which produces a rash and other symptoms. Dr. C said it was a rash from either an allergy or a heat rash. The allergy could be from soap.

We went to the bank afterwards but the line up was so long I decided to come back later. We came home.

Mom phoned to tell me Martina had left a message on their machine. We had seen Mom and Dad earlier at the doctors office. Mom said she phoned back and talked to Victoria. Victoria told her that Jeff is in the hospital. Jeff had been doing some work on the roof. He fell off the ladder when it shifted. Jeff broke his ankle so badly he’ll have to have surgery to put metal pins in the joint. He also dislocated his shoulder. Unfortunately nobody was home at the time and he had to crawl into the house and phone for help. He told Victoria to tell Mom and Dad not to come up for a couple of days since he is in a lot of pain. Mom said Martina was so upset that her father had to come and drive her home.

We went to McDonald’s for dinner then we went to the bank. There was still a long line up but it only took about five minutes and we were through. We went to London Drugs to buy Chem strips and Keytone strips but they were out of the Keytone strips. Then we went to buy Lanie, Paxton and Brent’s birthday present. We went to Toy City first but couldn’t find what we wanted. So we went to Coquitlam Centre. We bought Lanie Play mobile figures, two kids with their bikes and a man selling candies to a girl; Paxton, Lego police bike, a police man, a rescue man and a nurse figures and a small car; Brent, micro master attack patrol.

We got home a seven forty five. I quickly got a tape ready to tape the Batman movie. Alex really likes Batman, he would like me to take him to see the new movie out but I heard it isn’t suitable for children.

We watched all of the movie then I got Alex to get ready for bed. He was in bed by ten thirty.

I had a snack and went to bed at eleven o’clock.

No Tests

Medication

Bactrim 9:00 a.m. ----- 8:00 p.m.
Mercaptopurine 9:00 a.m. ------ -----