Sunday Afternoon 12:10pm
Well, good afternoon to everyone. I hope you have had a blessed morning in the presence of our God and a community of faith. We are missing our community of faith so much. It is good to hear from them, and talk to them, but it still is not the same as being with them and worshipping with them. That will come again in God's time and we will certainly praise God in the mean time and at that time. Praise the Lord!
I did not get a blog on last night because I could not get on to the blog. I assume they were working on it or something but I tried every which way to get on and could not. Then I had expected to do this one to you from home but that is not happening either. God's time is not always the same as our time. God's plan is not always the same as our plan. And at all times and in all situations we need to rely on God's rather than our own, or someone else's, or what someone else tells us.
At any rate, Dr. Lee is off the week-end and the doctor (Dr. Miller) who saw Marty yesterday and today though that she ought to stay in for Dr. Lee to see her in the morning. There are a couple of issues of concern and question. The ankles are still quiet swollen and Marty's shins are very, very, very tender. These two things take us back to July when this whole thing must have started. Then the shins still hurt when we came in the hospital and until Marty got chemo, that is when the tenderness finally went away, but here it is back - WHY????????
Next the white blood count and the platelet count keep going up, up, up and Dr. Miller said that normally when the medicine for the bone marrow is stopped (which was done Wednesday) the white blood cells will drop back down and then go up a little and remain stabile. Big question what is going on???????????
Third, yesterday and today's blood reports showed a blast number, which means blast cells, cancer cells that are in the blood. Yesterday, it was 3 and today it was 1 so it did come down, but we certainly had hoped it would not be there at all and we still do not know what it means.
So what is next? That is what we have to talk to Dr. Lee about. Normally he would do a bone marrow biopsy in 10 to 14 days but Dr. Miller is questioning if he might not want to do it sooner. What happens after that? It is our understanding that if it still show a fairly large number of cancer cells in the bone marrow then Marty will go through the entire treatment again. And if the blood is showing clear or nearly clear then Marty will have to come back in three weeks for more chemo. We also understand from others on the floor, that she will have to come back for three months after that for more chemo. We have been told, by others not by a doctor, that the first time back is a 3 day stay, the second a 6 day stay, third a 3 day and the fourth time a 6 day stay. I guess we will find out for sure when we need to know.
I give God thanks and praise that Marty made it through this treatment and did it in such fine fashion. God has been so good and blessed us with His grace and love in so many ways the last three and a half weeks. Thank you Lord!!!! Now we must continue to have faith and put our trust in God for whatever is next in His plan. Obviously God still has work for Marty to do we don't know what, when, and where other than what she has already done by being here. In God's time we will know the rest and all will be well. Praise the Lord!
Almost forgot to tell you all again that Marty got to see Buddy on Friday. We got permission for her to go off the floor, so we went down to the front lobby and I brought Buddy in. It was a great time. Buddy and Marty were both so happy. I think we will try it again this afternoon.
We were happy to have Judy stop by yesterday afternoon. She had been to the RCA Dome to see Sarah perform with the band, stopped at Methodist to see Jessie and then stopped here. She found traveling all around so much fun.
By the way,please lift Jessie Davenport up in prayer. She is 20 years old and a part of our community of faith. She has systemic lupus and is in a very critical situation right now. She really needs our support, prayers, and love at this time.
Unless we learn something else of great importance I probably will not add any more to the blog today. And as soon after we learn something in the morning as I can I will get it on the blog.
So have a good day, keep the faith, take care, and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
Well, good afternoon to everyone. I hope you have had a blessed morning in the presence of our God and a community of faith. We are missing our community of faith so much. It is good to hear from them, and talk to them, but it still is not the same as being with them and worshipping with them. That will come again in God's time and we will certainly praise God in the mean time and at that time. Praise the Lord!
I did not get a blog on last night because I could not get on to the blog. I assume they were working on it or something but I tried every which way to get on and could not. Then I had expected to do this one to you from home but that is not happening either. God's time is not always the same as our time. God's plan is not always the same as our plan. And at all times and in all situations we need to rely on God's rather than our own, or someone else's, or what someone else tells us.
At any rate, Dr. Lee is off the week-end and the doctor (Dr. Miller) who saw Marty yesterday and today though that she ought to stay in for Dr. Lee to see her in the morning. There are a couple of issues of concern and question. The ankles are still quiet swollen and Marty's shins are very, very, very tender. These two things take us back to July when this whole thing must have started. Then the shins still hurt when we came in the hospital and until Marty got chemo, that is when the tenderness finally went away, but here it is back - WHY????????
Next the white blood count and the platelet count keep going up, up, up and Dr. Miller said that normally when the medicine for the bone marrow is stopped (which was done Wednesday) the white blood cells will drop back down and then go up a little and remain stabile. Big question what is going on???????????
Third, yesterday and today's blood reports showed a blast number, which means blast cells, cancer cells that are in the blood. Yesterday, it was 3 and today it was 1 so it did come down, but we certainly had hoped it would not be there at all and we still do not know what it means.
So what is next? That is what we have to talk to Dr. Lee about. Normally he would do a bone marrow biopsy in 10 to 14 days but Dr. Miller is questioning if he might not want to do it sooner. What happens after that? It is our understanding that if it still show a fairly large number of cancer cells in the bone marrow then Marty will go through the entire treatment again. And if the blood is showing clear or nearly clear then Marty will have to come back in three weeks for more chemo. We also understand from others on the floor, that she will have to come back for three months after that for more chemo. We have been told, by others not by a doctor, that the first time back is a 3 day stay, the second a 6 day stay, third a 3 day and the fourth time a 6 day stay. I guess we will find out for sure when we need to know.
I give God thanks and praise that Marty made it through this treatment and did it in such fine fashion. God has been so good and blessed us with His grace and love in so many ways the last three and a half weeks. Thank you Lord!!!! Now we must continue to have faith and put our trust in God for whatever is next in His plan. Obviously God still has work for Marty to do we don't know what, when, and where other than what she has already done by being here. In God's time we will know the rest and all will be well. Praise the Lord!
Almost forgot to tell you all again that Marty got to see Buddy on Friday. We got permission for her to go off the floor, so we went down to the front lobby and I brought Buddy in. It was a great time. Buddy and Marty were both so happy. I think we will try it again this afternoon.
We were happy to have Judy stop by yesterday afternoon. She had been to the RCA Dome to see Sarah perform with the band, stopped at Methodist to see Jessie and then stopped here. She found traveling all around so much fun.
By the way,please lift Jessie Davenport up in prayer. She is 20 years old and a part of our community of faith. She has systemic lupus and is in a very critical situation right now. She really needs our support, prayers, and love at this time.
Unless we learn something else of great importance I probably will not add any more to the blog today. And as soon after we learn something in the morning as I can I will get it on the blog.
So have a good day, keep the faith, take care, and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
posted by Jack | 11:12 AM
1 Comments:
Glad to hear Marty has had some company. I'm sure Erin and Buddy are good medicine. I pray Dr. Lee will have some postitive answers for you tomorrow. You both continue to be in our thoughts and prayer. Donna
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