Monday morning
Gretting to all!
Sure hope that everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving Day and week-end. We sure did and was it ever busy too. But God is so good and we are so glad that we are on His side and in His presence and line of love and grace.
Just a quick review to bring you up to date. We did indeed have a wonderful day last Thursday with Eric and Erin. Erin, of course is 5 now, and she is growing up so fast. She and Marty had a wonderful time doing so many things together including making the pumpkin pies. Erin was right in there and mixed things up as well as laid out those crusts. It was great! Our whole meal was wonderful and just the perfect topping for a day that was so full of thanks to the Lord and others. It was so great to have Erin and Eric to share, even though it was just the day, with us as Erin had to be back that night.
Friday was kind of a day of rest although there was a trip to the store for food shopping. It really went pretty well. I tried to get Marty to ride one of the electric carts, but you know her - she did not want to call attention to herself or do anything out of the ordinary. So she did promise me that if she got to tired she would let me get one for her. Of course, that never happened!
Saturday was a busy day with getting blood work done and making a trip to St. V's for platelets. Her numbers were: WBC 3.3 (we kind of expect that to be "0" today);
hemoglobin 9.9 (we expect that to possibly be down to 8 or below today) and platelets were 15 which when they get below 25 she needs to have more. Also if the hemogolbin is at 8 or below today or for sure by Wednesday Marty will have to have blood. So today or Wendesday we will be headed for Indy. All of the above is expected. It is what the chemo is to do and does. It is what Marty will have to go through three more times after this. We continue to praise God for how well she and her body has done so far with all this and continue to ask for His grace and blessing on her as we travel this road and to the best of our ability to do God's will. Praise the Lord!
Sunday was another busy day: Jack preached and Marty sang in the choir. It was a good feeling to be with our community of faith in the presence of our God. The attendance was very low, many gone away for the holiday, but the Spirit was there and our awesome God was at work. Praise the Lord! During the afternoon we did some Christmas decorating in the house. Eric and Jack had worked outside on Thursday and Jack finished up the outside decorations on Friday. It was great weather, way to good to pass up. Sunday got the tree in the family room up and decorated.
All the lights and decorations at/and during Advent and Christmas are so wonderful as a reminder of the joy and celebration due to God for the gift to you and me of the Way, the Truth, and Life in the Light of the World, Jesus Christ, God's Son, our Guide and Saviour. Man, what a gift! When we really take that gift and place our faith in it, and make it the first loyality in our lives, how in the world can one go wrong? Praise and thanks be to God!
Sunday we also enjoyed the company of Cheryl and Francis before finishing off the day watching the Colts. Go COLTS!!!!! It was a lot better and easier game to watch than the week before. They just have to go all the way this year. Go COLTS!
We will soon be going to get Marty's blood work done and that will determine our day. To have the blood drawn will be a good thing as we will go to the unit on which Marty works to have it done, so she will get to see her co-workers and that will be good.
Through all of the above Marty has been doing pretty well. However, again I would have to honestly say maybe not as well as the first time around, but still pretty darn good. Her back and ankle are still giving her more discomfort than we would like, but she continues to take meds for that. She has also had a different feeling this time than the last, which being a nurse she has been trying to track down. Last night she was in the "pill book" looking up some of the new meds she was put on when leaving the hospital last week to see the side effects. She found a four of them that may be the casue. So when we get the blood numbers, she will call the doc. office and see what they have to say. Here is hoping that there can be some adjustments that will help her to genereally feel better. Along with the above, of course, the tiredness is at a high level righ now becasue the hemogloban is low and getting lower. Praise the Lord that we can at least have some idea of what is going on and make corrections for it.
Well I think that brings you up to date, sorry is has been so long but as you can see we have been on the go and then I did have some problems with the equipment becasue I really don't know what I am doing. I know that some of you look for an update daily, and we really appreciate your interest, support, prayers and all. I will try to do better in keeping you informed, maybe I can make them shorter and daily. We will see!
In the mean time, have a great day, glorify the Lord, praise the Lord, and be blessed by the Lord.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
Gretting to all!
Sure hope that everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving Day and week-end. We sure did and was it ever busy too. But God is so good and we are so glad that we are on His side and in His presence and line of love and grace.
Just a quick review to bring you up to date. We did indeed have a wonderful day last Thursday with Eric and Erin. Erin, of course is 5 now, and she is growing up so fast. She and Marty had a wonderful time doing so many things together including making the pumpkin pies. Erin was right in there and mixed things up as well as laid out those crusts. It was great! Our whole meal was wonderful and just the perfect topping for a day that was so full of thanks to the Lord and others. It was so great to have Erin and Eric to share, even though it was just the day, with us as Erin had to be back that night.
Friday was kind of a day of rest although there was a trip to the store for food shopping. It really went pretty well. I tried to get Marty to ride one of the electric carts, but you know her - she did not want to call attention to herself or do anything out of the ordinary. So she did promise me that if she got to tired she would let me get one for her. Of course, that never happened!
Saturday was a busy day with getting blood work done and making a trip to St. V's for platelets. Her numbers were: WBC 3.3 (we kind of expect that to be "0" today);
hemoglobin 9.9 (we expect that to possibly be down to 8 or below today) and platelets were 15 which when they get below 25 she needs to have more. Also if the hemogolbin is at 8 or below today or for sure by Wednesday Marty will have to have blood. So today or Wendesday we will be headed for Indy. All of the above is expected. It is what the chemo is to do and does. It is what Marty will have to go through three more times after this. We continue to praise God for how well she and her body has done so far with all this and continue to ask for His grace and blessing on her as we travel this road and to the best of our ability to do God's will. Praise the Lord!
Sunday was another busy day: Jack preached and Marty sang in the choir. It was a good feeling to be with our community of faith in the presence of our God. The attendance was very low, many gone away for the holiday, but the Spirit was there and our awesome God was at work. Praise the Lord! During the afternoon we did some Christmas decorating in the house. Eric and Jack had worked outside on Thursday and Jack finished up the outside decorations on Friday. It was great weather, way to good to pass up. Sunday got the tree in the family room up and decorated.
All the lights and decorations at/and during Advent and Christmas are so wonderful as a reminder of the joy and celebration due to God for the gift to you and me of the Way, the Truth, and Life in the Light of the World, Jesus Christ, God's Son, our Guide and Saviour. Man, what a gift! When we really take that gift and place our faith in it, and make it the first loyality in our lives, how in the world can one go wrong? Praise and thanks be to God!
Sunday we also enjoyed the company of Cheryl and Francis before finishing off the day watching the Colts. Go COLTS!!!!! It was a lot better and easier game to watch than the week before. They just have to go all the way this year. Go COLTS!
We will soon be going to get Marty's blood work done and that will determine our day. To have the blood drawn will be a good thing as we will go to the unit on which Marty works to have it done, so she will get to see her co-workers and that will be good.
Through all of the above Marty has been doing pretty well. However, again I would have to honestly say maybe not as well as the first time around, but still pretty darn good. Her back and ankle are still giving her more discomfort than we would like, but she continues to take meds for that. She has also had a different feeling this time than the last, which being a nurse she has been trying to track down. Last night she was in the "pill book" looking up some of the new meds she was put on when leaving the hospital last week to see the side effects. She found a four of them that may be the casue. So when we get the blood numbers, she will call the doc. office and see what they have to say. Here is hoping that there can be some adjustments that will help her to genereally feel better. Along with the above, of course, the tiredness is at a high level righ now becasue the hemogloban is low and getting lower. Praise the Lord that we can at least have some idea of what is going on and make corrections for it.
Well I think that brings you up to date, sorry is has been so long but as you can see we have been on the go and then I did have some problems with the equipment becasue I really don't know what I am doing. I know that some of you look for an update daily, and we really appreciate your interest, support, prayers and all. I will try to do better in keeping you informed, maybe I can make them shorter and daily. We will see!
In the mean time, have a great day, glorify the Lord, praise the Lord, and be blessed by the Lord.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
posted by Jack | 10:34 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the update. You write so well that I can imagine Marty's days with their ups and downs. I pray for God to hold and comfort her when it is a down day. It is wonderful to have a "Praise the Lord" day in between.
Love to both of you,
Joan
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