DEMO DIVA

I was given the "Demo Diva" title by a customer at Trader Joe's where I am a food Demonstrator. I was singing and making a particularly tasty sample when this fellow and I got to chatting a bit and he said my skills made me the "Demo Diva". I have been making tasty morsels, singing and even busting out a little hula dancing for the Trader Joe's shoppers for almost three years now. It's been a good match for us both. I love my work.

On April 14, 2010 I came down with a flu like illness and didn't get better. After 10 days of fever headache, upset stomach, and congestion a blood test showed that I had symptoms of leukemia. I was admitted to a suburban hospital on Friday night April 23 and thus begins my journey with leukemia and hospitals here in the Philadelphia area. From the Emergency Room I was told that I would be transferred to HUP as soon as a bed became available for my condition in the oncology ward there. I am Neutropenic which means I have very low blood counts and thus a highly compromised immune system. I have the most common form of adult leukemia AML and as of last night am being treated with Chemotherapy.