A close friends husband has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer that destroys healthy plasma cells in the bone marrow and prevents the production of red blood cells. He now has been diagnosed with plasma cell leukemia, which is the most aggressive form of multiple myeloma. His condition has continued to decline rapidly and he was moved to the icu yesterday after developing a blood infection and intubated to protect his airway. He's sedated and the hope is that he’ll be able to fight this infection off and be stable enough to begin a new chemo regimen this week, which he desperately needs to fight the rapidly worsening myeloma.