December 24, 2008

Happy Christmas Eve!

Yesterday was so busy I did not have time to post. I had to update the MLMC website with the 2009 Calendar of events, take Brandon to wrestling, than pick him up & take him to the Dr. I am happy to report it is not MERSA on Brandon's wrist, she thinks he may have got something under the skin that caused an infection. From there we went to Walmart to drop of his prescriptions, plus the last minute Santa stuff & get groceries.

When we got home the fun did not stop. I don't know where I got the energy from but I emptied out the refrigerator & cleaned it thoroughly. It seemed to take forever because to get the shelves in & out you have to do it in a certain order & needless to say it took longer than I planned. It does however look brand new on the inside now, Marc came home from work & said "Holy S**t" when he saw it.

Paige & Katie were a great help with Zack, they worked on his Christmas break activity pack with him & he is done with the whole thing. He also has a list of other activities we still have to complete before he goes back to school. Katie leaves the 26th to see her dad in Louisiana. This will be the first year she is flying down there unattended & I am nervous about it. I borrowed a friends Boost cell phone to send with her so she can call us both every step of the way. Hopefully the weather will cooperate & she will not have any trouble making her connections.

I made Marc & the kids sit down & make a menu with me so I know what to cook for the week. Last night I made toasted subs, I can't mess that one up. Marc always teases me because there are very few things that I can cook what he calls real home cooked meals & not something out of a box, but I try. It is going to take a little bit for me to get back in the swing of things, Misty was a really great cook.

I had a real nasty fall on the ice last night except for that I have been feeling pretty good for the most part. Santa was in wrapping mode last night & early this morning.

So today is Christmas Eve & I am mailing our Christmas Cards out today, Katie & Paige were outstanding helpers with the envelopes I could not print the labels from the computer so they hand wrote everything. Were sorry they are so late this year, but better late than never. Thank you so much Aunt Sue & Uncle David, I got your card today with your words of encouragement & another very generous donation for my medical fund.

Zack is super hyper-excited, he can't wait for Santa to come tonight. Zack, Paige, Katie & I are going to make sugar cookies with me this afternoonish, Zack won't stop asking can we make them now, it is too funny. I remember when our 3 teenagers in the house used to get that excited. Later tonight we will all sit down & read Twas the Night Before Christmas & then they can open their presents from Grandma.

Date------Day----WBC----ANC--------Hgb--------PLT---- Transfusions
11 Dec-----100---0.3----------0-------9.1----------31--------------N/A
15 Dec-----104---0.4----------0-------7.8-----------2-------1 Unit Platelet
16 Dec-----105---0.4----------0-------7.3---------3--1 Blood & 1 Platelet
17 Dec-----106---0.6--------168-------9.0-----------1-----1 Unit Platelet
18 Dec-----107---1.3---------90-------8.5-----------2-----1 Unit Platelet
19 Dec-----108---2.6-------1300-------8.6-----------4-----1 Unit Platelet
20 Dec-----109---5.2-------4300-------8.6-----------43----1 Unit Platelet
22 Dec-----111---12.3------10800------8.6-----------23--------------N/A
24 Dec-----113----3.3-------1400------7.3-----------45----1 Unit of Blood

As you can see my hemoglobin dropped so I had to go in & get an infusion today. My ANC is bottoming out so I am back on the Neupogen shots until Friday at a minimum, My RN Sue is going to come in (even though she has the day off) to draw my labs to make sure my labs are good & to give me an infusion if I need another one.

I don't plan to post tomorrow but we'll see, just on case I don't I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas.