Wednesday, August 27, 2008
#11 down! I went on Monday to get my blood work done and hopefully my chemo treatment. The lab tech brought my sheet into the chemo lounge area and my nurse called my doctor. I over hear her telling him what my numbers are and asking if there are any adjustments to my meds, etc. When she read off the platelet number and it was in the 200's I thought how can that be? I barely got by last time with a 97. They want you to be at least 100. At this point I am just happy to be getting #11 behind me. About 20 minutes later a different lab tech comes in and said to my nurse that she may want to stop my chemo because of some mix-up and my numbers were low. Oh, great! Come to find out I was only at 77. Normally I would be told sorry and come back next week. My nurse called the Dr. again and he said to go ahead with the treatment but not to give me one of the chemo drugs. Yea! He wants me to finish just as bad as I want to be done. How good it feels to know that the next time is my last time! It has been a long road! I started this "journey" in January and it has been a long hard trip. At times it feels like it has flown by and at times it feels like this has been the longest year of my life. I have started seeing past all of this and started planning the rest of my year. We are going to Aquatica in September and camping in October. November we will be in Destin, Florida at a gorgeous resort for a week and I can't wait! We have always wanted to go to Destin but never took the opportunity. Two of the rentals got rented this month and a third will be in September. Only one vacant at this time...Praise God! The kids are getting back into their morning routine after having a four day weekend thank to Hurricane Fay. We were very fortunate in that we had no damage from it. We are very thankful for the continued support from our community and church. We love all of you!
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