Day Plus Twenty-Two

Don't you just hate it. Don't you just hate it!... when I am RIGHT... Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen I told Jody she would be at 1200 or higher by today. Today's ANC is 1200! Jody's platelets have come up to 144 and her white blood cells are at 2.4, however Jody's HCT has gone down to 24.6. Remember HCT is a measurement of her oxygen carrying red blood cells and they are the last to come back. This may mean that tomorrow night Jody will have to get an infusion. No big deal, as long as the time between transfusions gets longer.

Jody is doing fantastic, her spirits are high, so everyone call or write. Together we need to give her confidence this is the real thing. Jody is not a negative person, but she has had so many setbacks, she questions what is next. Jody is doing so well she wants to stay in her little protected bubble at the hospital. She is risk adverse and is worried about coming home, worried that she and I will do something wrong. She will get sick and need to rush to the hospital. All of these concerns are legitimate, but there comes a time when you have to step out and take a chance.

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”  

 Helen Keller (1880–1968)
American humanitarian
Advocate for the deaf and blind