September 25, 2008

My day started off real bad, I have had major trouble sleeping & I think it finally caught up with me. I felt miserable, my back was so sore & I was up about every hour to pee or move positions. Needless to say it was a very restless night & I was drained when the sun came up.

My hemoglobin is holding pretty steady it went from 11.8 to 11.4 & my White Blood Cell count was still 1.1 but we are anticipating it is going to drop even more. Even after the Platelet infusion my platelets went from 12 to 14 but then dropped all the way down to 8 so I should be getting more on the 26th, they want to hold off on giving them to me tonight so they can see if my body will make any at all. It is not uncommon but if my body is not making them they are going to send my blood to the Red Cross & have it typed even further for specific platelets. I had no idea they could do that. My Phosphorus went from 6.0 to 4.5 which is good & my Creatinine went from .57 to .58 & my sodium dropped from 134 to 133. There was a lot more labs but those are the important changes they have been watching me for.

My hands were getting really dry & my left middle finger was hurting like I burnt it & looking like it was blistering so I tried the Silky Hands from Mary Kay that Paula Parker gave me & I noticed already that it does not hurt as much & it is not near as swollen either. So I am now a believer in Mary Kay, thank you Paula!

My post was short yesterday because I felt so bad, I must say though that 2 oxycodones later & a 2 hour nap & I felt like a brand new woman. I am trying not to take the oxycodones too much because they have an addictive trait to them but I also know that if I need them I need to take them. It is a fine line.

My First Sergeant came by this afternoon, Jim Felton. He is so good to me. He picked up my FMLA & Disability paperwork to turn into ODH on Friday & was also finally able to meet Marcus for the first time. I also sent home a piece of Humming Bird cake with him from Misty. He was teasing me that he was taking applications for a new undershirt just to get me going, was supposed to be moving over to the AMXS Squadron with him after October this year & cross training to a nonflying position. There is a lot that is still up in the air with my Military career & this Leukemia is a huge inconvenience. We will sort through it all, my plan is to kick this in the but with the best case scenario & get back to normal life in about 6 months or so.

Misty made Philly steak & cheese subs, Marcus brought 2 with him last night, they were so good, no tomato soup for me. I am sure I will pay for the grease later on but it was well worth it. We hung up some more cards that I got with donation numbers from donating blood, I am up to 16 donations in my name which is wonderful & more than I ever expected. I got more cards in general as well Thank you Ruth Gerding, Beverly Larue, Sally Hunter, Katie Miller, Jeanne Stillings, Elaine Walters, Dennie & Melinda Richmond, Randy & Becky Conley & Betsy Johnson. Marcus stayed with me until about 9 last night I didn't want him to leave but I kept falling asleep on him. Thank you everyone for everything!