Day Eight

Tijuana: Thu 30 June 2011

Looking like it's going to be a beautiful day even from the offset today. Breakfast at 8, and Dr Mora at 9 am. He is very happy with how Maria is reacting to the Coley shots and has decided to up the dose a little today, he has even decided that I will administer the dose today! This I did, very carefully. Not a lot of places left on Maria's upper left arm to give the shot.
We met Audrey's daughter today, who has come to stay a few days while Audrey goes through her surgery.
After lunch Maria started getting a little feverish. We went up and sat on the sun deck for a while, where Dr Mora and Gar came and found us. We sat and talked for a while before Dr Mora had to leave, then we continued talking with Gar. I think we sat there for almost two hours! It was truly fascinating and I think as I have said before these guys never have the attitude that "you are only a patient so you wouldn't understand". They tell you everything with every chemical and biological name till in the end you get totally drunk in there terminology. I mentioned this to Gar who answered this by saying "think of this as learning a new language" and yes that's exactly what it is. It is truly unbelievable how little we know about our own bodies.
I am also now receiving a green juice in the middle of the day. Maria's temperature is climbing and by late evening she has hit 39 degrees and is in the clutches of a full on fever, with shivers and coldness. She is asleep in bed by 8.30 so I finish of some mails and code up in bed with a film.
Goodnight.