Friday early evening
Praise the Lord and greeting in His name to all of you!
First is confession time and I admit that I am a slow, slow, slow learner. I was the first to say earlier this week not to second guess God's Creation or God. Well I did it again! We did not have to go to Indy today!! Horray, horray, horray! God is so good - all the time. All the time - God is so good. Thank you Lord! Thank you Lord! The Great Physician continues to be at work with Marty with His grace and love.
The numbers today where just awesome: the white blood count was 12.9 up from 0.2 on Wednesday with normal being 4 - 10.5. Thank you Lord - that is the big one that we were looking for to come back on its own. Now it has to level off - it may go up some more and then down into normal, or it may just settle down in the normal range. We will see but where it is today is just awesome. Hemoglobin is at 8.7 was 8.3 on Wednesday and normal is 12.5 - 16. It is great to see that go up, even a little on its own. At 8 it means more blood. So with that .4 we got even further away for that blood and that is so great. She has already had 16 unites of whole blood and we sure want to keep that as low as possible. To not have any more with this past chemo treatment is really a God thing and we are certainly grateful for it. Platelets are at 19 were at 18 on Wednesday and normal counts of 150 to 450. As you can see that is a long way from normal but it came up 1 on its own and that is what we wanted. That also means that she has only had 12 units of platelets with this treatment and that is great since she has had 120 units all together. What a wonderful set of numbers, as they work their way up to normal. Thank you Lord!
Now as for Marty she is certainly plesantly suprised with the numbers and although has been very tired all day, is feeling imporved as she celebrates the numbers. The nose drip and bleeding has stopped today, the throat is showing a lot more improvement (still some discomfort when eating, but not when drinking), the shins are getting worse, and the ankle is still there. Her attitude is just awesome, her spirit continues to be high as she praises and thanks God.
She sees today's events as God's affirmation for her to go to the memorial service for Bill Elsey tomorrow AM which she was so much wanting to do and was concerned that she might not be able to. Bill died last Saturday night and is the 95 year old father of Pat Boose who died of breast cancer a while back. Marty was very close to Pat, as Pat was one of the ones that really helped Marty 4 years ago with the breast cancer. Pat was and still is an inspiration to many and so was her father. Bill was in church the day before he had a stoke and just two weeks before he died. He had always been healthy and had not seen a hospital until he had the stroke. Bill will be missed but God's light will contiue to shine in the inspiration Bill has left behind. Bill and Marty also had a special connection becasue Bill's wife who died about a year before we came out here was named Martha and went by Marty. She also sang in the choir and so they connected. Thank you Lord for that special relationship.
Today also brough a reality check as we saw a man that we have probably not seen since the circus. He was at a funeral dinner for his mother-in-law who was 92. But the real shock and check came when he told us that his wife had died on September 29th of the exact same thing as Marty has. He had heard about Marty but we had not heard about them. It seems they were both diagnosed about the same time, but she got into IU Med Center a little sooner for her chemo treatment. She made it through the chemo but on the following Friday got an infection and died on Sunday. Our prayers go out to him as we ask God to be with him and gracious unto him during this time of grief and adjustment.
Well I have no doubt gone on to long now, but it seems like all of the above is important and shapeing our lives and our though right now. We are so grateful to God who is with us and helps us adjust to the ups and downs of daily life and all of life. Alone we certainly cannot do it, but with the triune God all things are possible. Praise the Lord!
We hope that you have had a great day, have a wonderful evening, and that tomorrow is even better. Stay close to God and you will certainly feel God's closeness to you.
Take care and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
Praise the Lord and greeting in His name to all of you!
First is confession time and I admit that I am a slow, slow, slow learner. I was the first to say earlier this week not to second guess God's Creation or God. Well I did it again! We did not have to go to Indy today!! Horray, horray, horray! God is so good - all the time. All the time - God is so good. Thank you Lord! Thank you Lord! The Great Physician continues to be at work with Marty with His grace and love.
The numbers today where just awesome: the white blood count was 12.9 up from 0.2 on Wednesday with normal being 4 - 10.5. Thank you Lord - that is the big one that we were looking for to come back on its own. Now it has to level off - it may go up some more and then down into normal, or it may just settle down in the normal range. We will see but where it is today is just awesome. Hemoglobin is at 8.7 was 8.3 on Wednesday and normal is 12.5 - 16. It is great to see that go up, even a little on its own. At 8 it means more blood. So with that .4 we got even further away for that blood and that is so great. She has already had 16 unites of whole blood and we sure want to keep that as low as possible. To not have any more with this past chemo treatment is really a God thing and we are certainly grateful for it. Platelets are at 19 were at 18 on Wednesday and normal counts of 150 to 450. As you can see that is a long way from normal but it came up 1 on its own and that is what we wanted. That also means that she has only had 12 units of platelets with this treatment and that is great since she has had 120 units all together. What a wonderful set of numbers, as they work their way up to normal. Thank you Lord!
Now as for Marty she is certainly plesantly suprised with the numbers and although has been very tired all day, is feeling imporved as she celebrates the numbers. The nose drip and bleeding has stopped today, the throat is showing a lot more improvement (still some discomfort when eating, but not when drinking), the shins are getting worse, and the ankle is still there. Her attitude is just awesome, her spirit continues to be high as she praises and thanks God.
She sees today's events as God's affirmation for her to go to the memorial service for Bill Elsey tomorrow AM which she was so much wanting to do and was concerned that she might not be able to. Bill died last Saturday night and is the 95 year old father of Pat Boose who died of breast cancer a while back. Marty was very close to Pat, as Pat was one of the ones that really helped Marty 4 years ago with the breast cancer. Pat was and still is an inspiration to many and so was her father. Bill was in church the day before he had a stoke and just two weeks before he died. He had always been healthy and had not seen a hospital until he had the stroke. Bill will be missed but God's light will contiue to shine in the inspiration Bill has left behind. Bill and Marty also had a special connection becasue Bill's wife who died about a year before we came out here was named Martha and went by Marty. She also sang in the choir and so they connected. Thank you Lord for that special relationship.
Today also brough a reality check as we saw a man that we have probably not seen since the circus. He was at a funeral dinner for his mother-in-law who was 92. But the real shock and check came when he told us that his wife had died on September 29th of the exact same thing as Marty has. He had heard about Marty but we had not heard about them. It seems they were both diagnosed about the same time, but she got into IU Med Center a little sooner for her chemo treatment. She made it through the chemo but on the following Friday got an infection and died on Sunday. Our prayers go out to him as we ask God to be with him and gracious unto him during this time of grief and adjustment.
Well I have no doubt gone on to long now, but it seems like all of the above is important and shapeing our lives and our though right now. We are so grateful to God who is with us and helps us adjust to the ups and downs of daily life and all of life. Alone we certainly cannot do it, but with the triune God all things are possible. Praise the Lord!
We hope that you have had a great day, have a wonderful evening, and that tomorrow is even better. Stay close to God and you will certainly feel God's closeness to you.
Take care and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
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