We Are Blessed

As we sit and quietly enjoy each other's company, David and I again are so grateful to all of you who are helping us in so many ways! We had a delicious dinner tonight and had a friend come and mow the lawn and trim some branches that were rubbing on the roof. A neighbor offered this evening to bring us a chicken casserole tomorrow night. We are so thankful to everyone!

Yesterday, Davey and I had our vision exam. He does not need glasses...YET. The doctor told me he will develop my astigmatism. He did great with being willing to do whatever he was asked to do, but was caught off guard when the doctor sprayed the dilation mist in his eyes, without warning him. We really liked "Space Chimps". I liked it better than "Wall-E", but that could be attributed to the difference in movie enjoyment when there is an absence of 2 1/2 year olds for which you are responsible.

I have enjoyed getting a few days of work (and visits to the gym) in this week. It is refreshing to have other things to focus on other than blood counts, hospital stays and scans, at least for a few hours.

David had his bloodwork done yesterday before his Neupogen shot. His white count was in the normal range (4 point something), hemoglobin was low (so they gave him Procrit) and platelets were 86 (140 is the low end of normal and 40 is "critical"), so low, but not critically low. They will do the bloodwork again tomorrow, before his daily shot, to determine what he needs over the weekend. He may need blood, and/or platelets this weekend, we will see.

Soon, we expect to hear more on the plans for the stem-cell transplant. Here are some links we have looked at for info on it, in case you are interested.

www.mayoclinic.com/health/stem-cell-transplant/MY00089/FLUSHCACHE=0&UPDATEAPP=false

www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/StemCells/Slide1

We hope all of you have a great weekend and we will update more soon.

God Bless!

— But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
-Matthew 19:26