December 8, 2008

It feels so good to be home.

I got out of the James Saturday afternoon when the weather was horrible. It seemed like forever before Kim & I made it back to London. We must have passed at least 30 cars that had wrecked or slid off into the ditch.

Marcus got home from Brandon's wrestling meet later than I expected due to the weather. Brandon won his first match but did not do so good his other 2 matches. Needless to say he was in a grumpy mood the rest of the weekend because of this.

So I was thinking we were not going to go to my units Christmas Party with the bad weather & all. Well I was wrong, it took us awhile to get there but Marc made sure we made it. It felt good to be back in the building & around old friends. I was able to introduce Marc to people he has only heard about for years. There were also so many new people that I did not recognize as well, kinda made me feel a little old. My Wingman MSgt Drake & my old supervisor Maj Sandusky were at the party, they are working with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training. They have chosen me as their hero they are running for this Spring in the Flying Pig Marathon, Cincinnati. Many of my friends are deployed or in the process of being deployed so they were not there, so please keep them in your thoughts & prayers as well, this is one of the toughest times of the year to be deployed & away from your family. We were headed home shortly after 9pm , I had a good time & that was well worth the trip.

Sunday was a really nice down day for the whole family. We made pizza & watched movies. It was just a stress free day. Later in the evening I started feeling a little rough last night. I can't explain it I just didn't feel right. Everything seemed wobbly to me & I was real spacey to. The Dr. did put me on Neurontin this was only the second day of it so I am not sure if it has side effects that I am not used to or what. I am back on the Neupogen shots as well which I hate giving myself. They tend to stimulate an excessive amount of bone & joint pain.

While I was spacing out on the couch I think the whole Cancer thing caught up to Marcus, or it was really starting to wear him down. I don't know how to but I wish I could make this easier for him. He tried to hide it from me, but I saw him crying & it just broke my heart. He was always the mellow one, now he gets frustrated with the kids quicker than he used to & he is on edge a lot more. He is also trying to quit smoking which may be wearing him down as well. He has been taking Chantix for about 2 weeks now, he said he is doing pretty good with it, but that he can really tell when it wears off. It's weird I am usually the one in the house that gets spun up over everything but here lately I am the one that is more laid back. Call it lack of energy but I think there is more to it. There is something to be said about life changing moments & being diagnosed with leukemia is a life changing moment.

Paige had a low grade fever last night & this morning she was 101.6 so she is bed bound. I told her she needs to stay in bed & unfortunately away from me. I cannot get a fever or I will be admitted back in the hospital.

This morning I was slow to get out of bed The other kids were all off to school by the time I made my way downstairs. I went in & had my labs drawn at 10am so I should get my results this afternoon. It was good to see my RN Sue, she changed my PICC dressing because the one the James put on was all jacked up, I have a nice raw skin outline around my arm where the tape ripped all the skin off, its nuts I tell ya.

Really nothing else to report for now, I will update frequently but maybe not daily.
Date------Day----WBC----ANC--------Hgb--------PLT---- Transfusions
28 Nov------87----2.2-----1,500-------9.9--------286------------N/A
1 Dec------90----3.4------2,270------10.0--------255------------N/A
2 Dec------91----4.0------3,500------10.5--------250------------N/A
3 Dec------92----5.0------4,400-------9.5--------183------------N/A
4 Dec------93----4.4------3,800-------9.2--------196------------N/A
5 Dec------94----3.5------3,400-------9.3--------170------------N/A
6 Dec------95----3.9----Unknown----9.9--------175------------N/A
8 Dec------97----2.9------2,600------9.8--------106------------N/A