November 30, 2008

Wow, what a busy week we have had. Between Thanksgiving break with the kids, the actual holiday & getting everything finished that I wanted before I go back into the hospital, lets just say its been nuts! Sorry I have not taken the time to sit down & update this thing.

I did make it in to the Hospital on Friday for my lab work...
Date------Day----WBC----ANC--------Hgb--------PLT---- Transfusions
17 Nov------76-----0.7----------0---------7.9---------03-------1 Unit P
19 Nov------78----26.9------14,000------8.3---------11---------1 Unit P
21 Nov------80-----12-------9,300------7.9---------55---------1 Unit B
24 Nov------83----5.1-------2,200-----10.1--------179------------N/A
28 Nov------87----2.2-------1,500------9.9--------286------------N/A
As you can see my counts are still holding, even though my ANC dropped a little it has stayed above 1,000 which keeps my Dr happy & I have been able to maintain my blood levels for a week without any blood products. I did not nee near the amount of infusions that I had the first round of Chemo so I take this as a good sign.

I need to back track to earlier in the week. I received a package in the mail from my coworkers at ODH on Wednesday that was filled with many different types of hats. The kids & I had fun trying them all on & making funny faces at each other, it was rather comical.

Misty was in the kitchen most of the day on Wednesday preparing for Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving day she was in the kitchen all morning & had all the food on the table by 1:30. We only had one minor spill over in the oven for all the dishes that she made. It is really quit impressive to watch her in action, the food was just unbelievable. It turned out so good & it still amazes me that it takes 2 days of preparation for 1 meal, but then it was a great meal. She told us you it with your eyes first, it is all about the presentation. You will have to see for yourself if I ever get the pictures uploaded (hopefully by Monday or Tuesday.

Needless to say I was so psyched for Christmas that I did not waste any time as soon as the dishes were done I started putting up the decorations. Marcus & Brandon hung up the lights outside & I started unpacking all the boxes & sorting out what goes where. Typically we always remove the leafs on the dining room table & put the tree up in the dining room but Misty said that was not going to work, since there would not be room for everyone to sit down & eat. So we moved the living room around to accommodate the Christmas tree, it is very large. I did not get to the tree until Saturday.

On Friday after I got back from the hospital Paula & Angie came over. After Zack's Spanish inquisition they decided to take me out of the house for a nice change of pace. Angie gave me a beautiful leukemia awareness bracelet that she had made for me. We went to Apple Bees for lunch & then to Target to scope out Black Friday deals.

Later Friday night we got a call from Donnie to come out to the club house, Kim got her Christmas present early, Guitar Hero World Tour for the Wii. By the time we arrived there were quite a few people out there. We stayed out until 1:30 in the morning & had to call it a night. It has been quite some time since I have stayed up that late for fun.

Saturday morning I slept in. Once I was up & moving we started in on the Christmas tree. I don't really care for it too much in the living room, but I think it will just take me awhile to get used to it. I was like a crazed woman with the decorations. I felt so compelled to get them all up before Monday, because I know I will not have the energy to do it when I get out of the hospital next weekend.

I am not sure what time I have to go into the hospital tomorrow since they did not start my Chemo until 8pm the last time I went in. I am going to call them first thing & try to find out if I can come in later. I hated sitting there all day for no reason. So if all goes well I should start updating the Blog daily on Monday.