For Molly Ivins fans everywhere (and that would include me) keep good thoughts. According to an Associated Press story, she's back in the hospital again fighting a mighty battle against recurrent breast cancer.

From the Associated Press:

Ivins may be able to go home Monday, Betsy Moon said.

"That's the day the doctors said," Moon said. "We're not sure

what's going to happen, but she's very sick."

Ivins, 62, had taken a break from her syndicated column, which

appears in nearly 400 newspapers, but resumed writing earlier this

month.

Her most recent column appeared two weeks ago, when Ivins urged

readers to stand up against President Bush's plan to send more

troops to Iraq.

Ivins, a California native who grew up in Houston, got her third

cancer diagnosis more than a year ago. She has undergone

chemotherapy.

She was overwhelmed with advice and gifts after she wrote of her

initial diagnosis of breast cancer in 1999. The outpouring kept her

from telling readers of recurrences in 2003 and 2005.

Ivins said last year she isn't giving in to cancer.

"Maybe this is false bravado," she said in the Austin

American-Statesman. "In some ways for me, this is like having a

manageable disease. It's like diabetes. It doesn't mean it's not

going to come get me in the end."