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In the “Pit” part two
You may have noticed that I missed a day of blogging. Saturday was a rough day. I got the fever and other complications. Today is better so far. My numbers have started to come up and that is a wonderful … Continue reading
In the “Pit”
These next few days, the medical people refer to my condition as being in the “pit.” My blood counts are down and now we just wait. Unfortunately, they expect you to get some sort of infection when you don’t have … Continue reading
Day 10- Winter is coming!!!
This is the place that I walk when I am allowed to go outside. To the left is the U of Penn medical school and to the right is the right is the hospital. What a beautiful walk. Today was … Continue reading
Day Nine- Re-enforcements are on the way.
Yesterday was an amazing day. Early in the morning I was introduced to my new student nurse. As I got to know here, I found out that her husband and her are on-fire-for-God Christians. Praise God. Then another nursing student … Continue reading
They stabbed me again, twice. The adventures of Day 8
Ah, the adventures of this disease and all the medications needed to defeat it. My blood counts continue to fall which is expected. The platelets are high enough that I still need the blood thinners shots but the other counts … Continue reading
Eyes on the future
We are all used to planning for things. Maybe a long-awaited vacation, or rewarding yourself for accomplishing something big with, let’s say, a new car. We don’t have trouble visualizing that kind of waiting but when it comes to eternal … Continue reading
My grace is sufficient.
Today my blood counts dropped as expected. With that drop my energy dropped as expected. I have just laid around today and slept. But God is good and I am reminded of the response that God gave to Paul when … Continue reading
Waiting on your calling
We Americans hate to wait. We want fast food at home cooked in the microwaves and spend fortunes on fast food joints rather than taking the time to enjoy a meal. That’s the way it is in America. However, as … Continue reading
Now we wait.
Today I had my stem cell translate and things went well. I got 5 million brand new bouncing baby stem cells. It will take a couple of weeks for them to do their job. So we wait. I am told … Continue reading
Day two-The calm before the storm.
Yesterday was the Pic line and chemo and in general getting set up in the hospital. Today is kind of a rest day. Nothing major happens today. Tomorrow I get the stem cells and then I will begin to feel … Continue reading
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