Day Plus Twenty-One

Things are crazy here... I am working feverishly to prepare for Jody to come home. I wanted to post the ANC number right away for everyone to see. It is unbelievable the progress she has made. Jody's BMT Dr. Brunvand is so excited for her. He is not prepared to declare her a poster child yet, but he is reservedly optimistic.


Her ANC count for toady is 833! can you believe it... Her platelets are 127, white blood cell are at 1.7, her INR is 1.9 and her HCT is 26.... WOW! Every number is great! The INR at 1.9 will mean Jody will need to get a LOVENOX shot tonight, but that should be the last one.

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat.”   

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
26th president of the United States

I love this guy...

Roosevelt was the original bad ass.
Oh yes, he als served as president of the United States (the youngest in history - at 42 years old), won the Nobel Peace Prize, and was the father of six children.

(What have you done lately?)
He was a rancher, hunter, fisherman, explorer, captured an outlaw, authored 35 books, served as president of the American Historical Association, and led two major scientific expeditions for prominent American museums.