IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GOOD STUFF

PET SCAN RESULTS: No active lymphoma is seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW - does that blow a person away or what??? We will focus on that amazing news and celebrate each day.



One more hurdle to cross -- Dave is still in the hospital and, hopefully, prayerfully (is that a word?), he will be home tomorrow. The issue of concern is his bone marrow is not producing the white blood cells as fast as we had hoped. After being on injections for a week to bring up his whitecount, it just isn't happening the "normal" way. Things are slow. A normal whitecount is 8,000 and Dave's was down to 700 on admittance to the hospital. That means his immune system was just about as low as it gets. How he didn't catch every little "bug" that floats around is a surprise to all of us. Today, his whitecount was around 1100. That's a nice jump from the 800 yesterday, but not out of the woods yet. Dr. Boehme did a bone marrow biopsy this afternoon (with D.J. assisting - well maybe not assisting, but he was in the room nevertheless)! The results of the biopsy won't be back for 2-3 weeks, so pray, pray, pray. He will continue to have daily injections of the Nupogen to keep those little cells multiplying. He is now in normal sinus rhythm, great bloodpressure, and no temperature spikes. Yipee!



Thanks goes to our children - Molly who is always on top of things and keeps us all on our toes and who always, despite the day, makes sure Dave and I get a little bit of sunshine from Stella and Sully. They truly do make us smile. Of course, so does she. Thanks too for D.J. for always being here when we need him the most - he has such a cool head and a calming affect when we need it the most. Thanks to Rachel and Eric and all of our grandchildren (sounds like a soap opera), as we can feel your love from a distance. And, thank you to Richard (Dave's brother) for coming over and plowing me out so I could get to the hospital. And thank you to our good friends, Orland and Jan Leland - they have been there through thick and thin. Orland even came over and let the dogs out today for me!!! Thanks also to everyone who has called or in some way passed on a message of love and concern to both Dave and I. I can't even begin to list you all and I certainly wouldn't want to miss anyone out. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I will keep everyone updated (I promise) and maybe even a few pictures. Of course, especially thank you God for sustaining us and giving us strength to carry on.