October 15, 2008

I woke up with Marcus this morning, he slept a lot better now that he knows he isn't going to hurt me, laying in the bed. I got the kids up for school & had to start getting ready myself to be at Madison County by 9:00 am for labs. I was able to get in, register & have my labs completed by 9:12 am which was outstanding. The RN that works the Chemo room is really nice, her name is Sue. She gave me her personal cell phone number & said if I needed anything to call her & she would meet me up at the hospital even if it was after hours. She called me later that afternoon with the lab results. My hemoglobin was 10.4, my White Blood Cell count was 4.2, my Platelets were 719 & my neutraphil count is now 1400. These are good numbers so I will be getting my Bone Marrow Biopsy on Friday.

I felt really good today, even went out & did a little shopping in town. When I got home Betsey was waiting on me so we went on a very short motorcycle ride out to the clubhouse. We visited with Donnie & an for a little bit & I headed back home to wait on the kids to trickle in from school.

All the interim reports are in & everyone is doing really good, even Brandon & Katie who have struggled in the past so far are both doing all C's & above so this is great. Brandon put in for a leave of absence from K-mart for the Wrestling season so we are pretty excited about that he did so well last year until his knee blew out we think if he gives as much effort state is possible but we will have to wait & see. Katie still is not interested in much except for her Animae drawings but she is coming out of her anti social shell more but it can also depend on the day. I was going to take the kids to Circleville to the Pumpkin festival tomorrow night but Marcus reminded me we have parents night at Paige's last Football game so that trip is nixed.

Marc's brother called & they could not make it over so we could see our new niece Esme because Loudon our nephew is sick. Hopefully before they head back to New jersey he is better so we can see them all. Now that my neutraphils are up I have an immune system but i still have to be very careful.

After dinner Marc & I went out to the club house to do a little clean up for Cheryl & Cooter's wedding this weekend. We took Spike with us & he was playing with the other dogs it was funny to watch him play, he was taking a little abuse but once he got mad he gave it right back to them.

My bleeding still has not stopped, they only gave me one prescription upon my discharge. Hopefully when I go back to the James they can give me the shot to stop it since my counts are up. Tomorrow I plan to relax around the house since the weather is supposed to start turning crappy (Chilly, windy & rainy).