Thursday, July 30, 2009

My Hero

I can not mention enough how my baby ( Danny) is my hero in how he is facing what is being thrown at him. And he is now engaged to one of the most wonderful people in the World from a tremendous family.
I could not be HAPPIER.
Hanna & Dan - I love You

From Danny's Blog

One other thing I want to mention just because it has been on my mind lately is the bone marrow transplant registry. I will write more later because I do not have tons of details but I think there are popular misconceptions about this procedure. It is almost always non-evasive and not too different than donating blood. A donor goes to an inpatient center and they draw his/her blood for about 4 hours, filter out some stem cells, and filter back in the rest of his/her blood. The stem cells are then used to infuse the cancer patient and those cells hopefully take over the marrow and create a whole new immune and blood system. It is not painful and relatively easy and saves tons of lives. This is something I never knew but hope to become more involved with. You can learn more at www.marrow.org

HMC July 30. 2009

Had a pretty uneventful day of chemo. They also reattached my 24/7 pump (not happy with that ) which I suppose is doing it's job, so what will be will be.

I received a phone call from EDS telling me that my start date is August 10, 2009. I need to rearrange some HMC appointments to coincide with my orientation/ training period.

NOW THE BIG NEWS - Danny and Hanna are ENGAGED. He popped the question today and I am not aware of an exact date other than next summer.

Peace n' Love to all

Thursday, July 23, 2009

HMC Visit on July 22, 2009

We had a long day scheduled. My Dr's visit was scheduled for 9AM and they took blood for labwork first. We were done with the doctor by 9:45AM. We went to the infusion center (where I get 2 different chemo drugs) to try and push up our 2:00PM appointment. We were told that wasn't possible. We went to the Hershey Outlets to kill some time. At Noon, the secretary from the infusion center called and asked that we report back as soon as we could.

The lab results from my blood work were not favorable. My white blood cell count was at 0.7 which means that they can not administer the chemo. We were sent home and rescheduled for next Thursday the 30th.

So, I need to avoid large crowds and gatherings until my blood count is higher (at least 1.2) because my immune system is very vulnerable until then.

Good News is that they also had my pump removed until things straighten out. I can shower again, which I am sure EVERYONE appreciates.

Monday, July 20, 2009

From Danny's Blog

Friday was also an uplifting day that I want to mention. I spent the day with Mom, Dad, Grandmom, Aunt Ann, Alexis, Kelsey, Hanna Jo, Colin, Evan, Mrs. Gabler, John Hand and little Max at my parents house. It was great to be surrounded by friends and family. And there was great love, great support, great food, and great hugs from all of them.


Friday was as uplifting for myself as well, just insert Danny in place of Dad

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Good News

Away from the "c" word.
I have been offered a position to work for EDS. It will start in mid August.
Things are looking up!!!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Chemo on 7/3/09

I had my chemo session at HMC CC today and they informed the home nursing group to hook up the pump. So my box is reattached.

The good news is that a good friend (Mike Edmiston) spent the day with me and we talked about Gettysburg among other things. We basically discussed the battle in July 1863 and exchanged ideas, maps, books and dvd's. I thank him for sticking out the entire 5 hour stay and also relieving Patricia for having to spend yet another one of her days with one of her two Dans.

Better days will be coming.