Sunday, May 23, 2004

Sunday's Visit

Mom was doing pretty darn GREAT today! We (dad, Craig, Ron (Craig's dad) and I)spent about 3 hours over there. We even brought in lunch for her to eat with us all to celebrate dad's birthday. Marcus unfortunately was gone this weekend and wasn't back in time. But he's there a lot too.

My aunt Darlene, Uncle Jim and Grandma also stopped by for a visit.

Good news - mom's counts were MUCH higher today and the doctors were very happy. She had a lot more energy and strength for most of the day. She didn't get tired till the end of our visit - and then the nurses were going to give her more medicine. If her counts are up for a few days she'll be coming home and then doing chemo as an out patient. That will be 2 more Fridays of chemo. Then a week or so off and she'll come back for 5 intensive days of treatment. From there they will do the bone marrow test to see where she's at. The doctor told dad she'll probably be going through all the chemo and treatments for the next 6 months. PRobably with time off between and having new cycles of treatments and resting in between.

Thanks for the prayers and comments you've posted - mom loves them and her cards! IF we can keep things going the way they are - its a good sign!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Loretta, I think about you hundreds of times a day. I hope you get this posting; I suspect I did my previous comments incorrectly...! I can't tell you how much this system helps me. I can find out how you're doing without bugging anybody! Please thank Craig and Gail for doing this for all of us!

I am so thankful to hear you're doing better. I guess that a correct diagnosis is half the battle to getting better; it's much easier to fight a foe whose name you know! I'm praying for you every day and sending positive thoughts your way. Can you feel them? I wish you could have kept the "Angel of Courage" with you, to remind you of how much you are loved, missed, and admired for your courage. But I do understand that she was probably in the way. Maybe when you get home.... Oh, happy day! Love, Mary