October 5, 2008

My Hemoglobin went from 10. to 10.1, my Hct went from 29.6 to 28.5, my White Blood Cells went from .8 to .7 & my platelets went from 20 to 8 so I got another Platelet infusion. Unfortunately my numbers are not going up yet. I am at day 19 after the first does of Chemo so I had hoped I hit my Nader & everything would be starting to come up by now. Maybe they will come up real fast & they are just being stubborn for the time being.


I had a great day. I finally got to see Marcus!!

& Bubby too!

They are both still getting over the crud so my Doc said if they wear masks they could visit. I told Marc & he came right up. I needed his hugs real bad. He brought me up CD ROM's with pic's on them so I will try to upload some slide shows this afternoon from Zack's Birthday & Paige's cheer leading check under my daily Blog. He was going to the MLMC National meeting in my place so they did not stay real long. I think he was nervous that he would get me sick even with the Mask on. He brought me the 3 scrub tops from Chaney they turned out great. & they are comfortable I will be wearing one tomorrow.

Aunt Lynn & Sharon, the people are not wearing the gowns & gloves because I tell them not to. I was on Contact precautions because of the VRE & I have cleared my tests for the past 2 weeks, they have come back negative. It is their protocol that I have to clear it 3 times each a week apart. I have them wash their hands real good & that is enough.


Dad & Elaine came down for a couple of hours.

Elaine made me another scrub top & brought me some M&M lounge pants. I showed her how ORW did their scrub tops because she is making me another one with Rooster's on it, it is going to have a matching head scarf/dew rag to go with it.



My Wing Woman MSgt Carie Brown

MSgt Carie Brown brought me a DOD Marrow Donor Program poster with my picture & a brief Bio on it. Over Drill weekend they did the drive, I am uncertain how many people they were able to register but MSgt Brown told me Major Sandusky, who was my previous Officer in Charge (OIC) when I was the Non Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of Air Crew Training was practically tackling people in the hallways to sign them up. Major Sandusky was the one who came up with the idea & coordinated it. At this time with the Chemo working I may not need the Bone Marrow transplant but the registry is a good thing it could help other people & maybe someday I may in deed need it. I heard Lt Col Nelson was the official swabber. It felt real weird not being at Drill this weekend. I miss everyone so much & this really means a lot to me.



We got out of the room & went for a walk around Campus they were recruiting all the students for Obama & trying to get them to register to vote. People were gawking at me again, I guess this is something I will need to get used to. She rally boosted my Moral as you can see below we got a little silly.




I was pretty tired by the end of the day but had a little trouble sleeping, I kept getting cramps in my lower back. Tomorrow is one more day closer to home. Marcus said he may bring Zack up tomorrow night, I hope so I really need to see him & he really needs to see me. I have had 27 infusions to date, so If you or someone you know can donate blood please encourage them to donate & send me their Donor ID Numbers. I will need more than 100 infusions before this is over with so every donation can help me with my insurance bills. I do not have to pay for the blood products but the equipment, handling & associated lab fees for cross & match. Thank you all so much again for your continued support!