September 30, 2008

My Platelets were at 13 during my morning labs so before the Bone Marrow Biopsy this afternoon they are going to give me a unit of Platelets. I woke up tired but in a good mood. Paula came up about 9:30am & we had a nice visit. She brought me some samples to try for my acne & I went ahead & bought some. After the incident with the silky hands I figured why not. Well let me tell you I got in the shower after she left & I used the soap, the acne gel & the moisturizer. Let me tell you, by the afternoon my Doc's noticed a difference so I am really becoming a Mary Kay believer. This is twice now. I still have the acne but it is noticeably down. The clear skin from Avon that Elaine gave me dried my skin out & was to rough for me. This Mary Kay stuff it burns a little but works, my face is a lot smoother now to. I cannot get over it, I am going to get some for the kids. I put Paula's link on my blog if anyone is interested in getting Mary Kay Products she is wonderful & knows her stuff. Also they donate some of the proceeds to cancer. Mention my name to her if you decide to order anything. I think I am going to have a Mary Kay spa night at the house when I get home because the stuff is just unreal.

I was able to wear the scrub top Elaine made for me it works out really well & is very comfy so I am looking forward to getting the other ones from Chaney, they make life a lot easier with all of the IV lines.

I got Adivan at 1:30 to Prep me for the Biopsy & they were in at 1:30 sharp to start. It was still painful even with all the Ladocaine, at one point when she was going back in to get the bone sample she slipped off my pelvis & that hurt but she got enough marrow & enough bone to see if the Leukemia (AML M2) is in remission. Less than 5% Blast Cells is the Magic number we are looking for. When I came in I had 33% Blast cells in my Bone Marrow (This is a low number compared to a lot of the other patients on the floor many of them are over 80% Blast Cells) I am uncertain what percentage of Blast Cells were in my peripheral blood when I came in but they are checking for me. It is possible we may have preliminary results tomorrow afternoon, but not likely we will know before the weekend for sure.After the Bone Marrow Biopsy they have me Morphine because I was in a lot of pain. Also my Platelet level went down to 12 so they ordered another infusion so that is 2 infusions I ended up with today.

Marcus left work early to go to Urgent Care he has a nasty respiratory infection going on they put him on a Z Pack, a steroid, an inhaler & something else for his nose. He sounds terrible. He feels bad he can't come up but understands that it is important that he don't.

Kim is going to bring her girls & Katie up to see me tonight, I am so excited to see them all & Katie & I will get some time just me & her to talk.

It is hard to try to get Birthday presents when you are locked down in the Hospital so this is an interesting predicament this year. Marcus is stressing. I told him we will figure it out. He is making himself sicker with worry & needs to try to relax. I posted pictures with some of the tools they used on me after the Biopsy, my Nurse Practitioner & Doc's think I am crazy to post that stuff. I think its kinda cool.