Wednesday Evening
Greetings to all!
The first thing I want to say tonight is “Praise the Lord! God is good - all the time! All the time - God is good!
The second thing I want to say is that the Logansport Great Banquet Community is holding another blood collection for Marty. It will be on Monday May 7th from 1 to 6pm at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Logansport. We are really excited and appreciative of their doing this for us. So far between blood and platelets, Marty has had to have 175 units. My count indicated that there have been about 60 units given in her name. We are not responsible to replace them, nor does it make a different in their cost, but they have been there when we needed them and we would like to encourage people to give blood, so that it is there for others and for us when we need it again. So, if you are available that day and able to give blood we would certainly appreciate it. If you need more information call Calvary Presbyterian Church, 574.753.0505.
Now how is Marty? I am so glad you asked because the GOOD NEWS is that she is feeling better even though her numbers are still going down. So, here is the story! The shot in her back that she got a week ago last Friday, took longer to work, and has not worked quiet as well, but praise the Lord, it has worked. It has brought her some relief in her back and has allowed her to cut down on the number and strength of the pain pills that she is taking. This in turn has allowed her to have more energy and not be as sleepy. So, that is all good, thank you Lord. We see the doctor who gave her the shot again on Monday, so we will see what he has and/or says about follow up.
Now for the counts! We saw Dr. Lee today and he did a CBC. It showed a WBC of 2.1, HGB of 10.2, and PLT of 60.0. Now these are all quite a bit below what is considered normal. But I finally got through my head and Dr. Lee confirmed today that this may be Marty’s normal, and if it is it is good. Since the last time we saw Dr. Lee, three weeks ago, I have been trying to figure out how he would say her numbers are good, when they were so far below the normal. Well, last week it finally hit me right in the head, that because of her MDS and not being in remission she will not see those “normal” numbers again. Actually she will level off for a while at her own "new normal," and Dr. Lee thinks that she may have done that right now. This will still have to be determined as we move forward. So, every two weeks for the next two month we will go to have a CBC done and then in two months we will see Dr. Lee again. During that time if the HGB is below 12 she will be given a shot to try and bring it up to 12. If it gets down to 8 or below she will have blood and if the platelets get below 18 she will have platelets.
In the mean time and in between time she is having a great week so far this week. She has more energy, does not hurt as much, is not as tired, and we are seeing the best time that we have seen in a number of months. Praise the Lord!
Just a note on me to say my knee surgery is scheduled for Friday at 12:30pm at Dukes. However I have a sinus infection and bronchitis, started on medication yesterday and hope to be okay enough to have the surgery on Friday. Please pray that it will be God’s will to heal and get this over on Friday.
On Marty’s scripture calendar for tomorrow, when most of you will be reading this, is I Corinthians 1:10 which reads “I appeal to you, brothers… that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.” Would that not be awesome? If we could agree, be united, and have no divisions among us, would that not be great? I think the first problem with it is that as soon as each of us reads that, our first thoughts and reactions are: “No way!” “That will never happen!” “That can’t be!” So, I am suggesting that the first item in line in the thinking of most, if not all, of us is a negative thought that this verse is not possible. Therefore, it will not happen! But what we are missing is a strong enough faith in God, who says that it can and it will happen. God does not give us anything that we cannot do with God’s help and guidance. Can we do it alone – no! But with God we can do all things! So, I along with Paul, would appeal to you to find agreement with all others, be willing to talk, be willing to listen, be willing to change your thinking, be willing to allow God to work through you to reach others. Give it some prayerful thought in your life and praise the Lord!
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
Greetings to all!
The first thing I want to say tonight is “Praise the Lord! God is good - all the time! All the time - God is good!
The second thing I want to say is that the Logansport Great Banquet Community is holding another blood collection for Marty. It will be on Monday May 7th from 1 to 6pm at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Logansport. We are really excited and appreciative of their doing this for us. So far between blood and platelets, Marty has had to have 175 units. My count indicated that there have been about 60 units given in her name. We are not responsible to replace them, nor does it make a different in their cost, but they have been there when we needed them and we would like to encourage people to give blood, so that it is there for others and for us when we need it again. So, if you are available that day and able to give blood we would certainly appreciate it. If you need more information call Calvary Presbyterian Church, 574.753.0505.
Now how is Marty? I am so glad you asked because the GOOD NEWS is that she is feeling better even though her numbers are still going down. So, here is the story! The shot in her back that she got a week ago last Friday, took longer to work, and has not worked quiet as well, but praise the Lord, it has worked. It has brought her some relief in her back and has allowed her to cut down on the number and strength of the pain pills that she is taking. This in turn has allowed her to have more energy and not be as sleepy. So, that is all good, thank you Lord. We see the doctor who gave her the shot again on Monday, so we will see what he has and/or says about follow up.
Now for the counts! We saw Dr. Lee today and he did a CBC. It showed a WBC of 2.1, HGB of 10.2, and PLT of 60.0. Now these are all quite a bit below what is considered normal. But I finally got through my head and Dr. Lee confirmed today that this may be Marty’s normal, and if it is it is good. Since the last time we saw Dr. Lee, three weeks ago, I have been trying to figure out how he would say her numbers are good, when they were so far below the normal. Well, last week it finally hit me right in the head, that because of her MDS and not being in remission she will not see those “normal” numbers again. Actually she will level off for a while at her own "new normal," and Dr. Lee thinks that she may have done that right now. This will still have to be determined as we move forward. So, every two weeks for the next two month we will go to have a CBC done and then in two months we will see Dr. Lee again. During that time if the HGB is below 12 she will be given a shot to try and bring it up to 12. If it gets down to 8 or below she will have blood and if the platelets get below 18 she will have platelets.
In the mean time and in between time she is having a great week so far this week. She has more energy, does not hurt as much, is not as tired, and we are seeing the best time that we have seen in a number of months. Praise the Lord!
Just a note on me to say my knee surgery is scheduled for Friday at 12:30pm at Dukes. However I have a sinus infection and bronchitis, started on medication yesterday and hope to be okay enough to have the surgery on Friday. Please pray that it will be God’s will to heal and get this over on Friday.
On Marty’s scripture calendar for tomorrow, when most of you will be reading this, is I Corinthians 1:10 which reads “I appeal to you, brothers… that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.” Would that not be awesome? If we could agree, be united, and have no divisions among us, would that not be great? I think the first problem with it is that as soon as each of us reads that, our first thoughts and reactions are: “No way!” “That will never happen!” “That can’t be!” So, I am suggesting that the first item in line in the thinking of most, if not all, of us is a negative thought that this verse is not possible. Therefore, it will not happen! But what we are missing is a strong enough faith in God, who says that it can and it will happen. God does not give us anything that we cannot do with God’s help and guidance. Can we do it alone – no! But with God we can do all things! So, I along with Paul, would appeal to you to find agreement with all others, be willing to talk, be willing to listen, be willing to change your thinking, be willing to allow God to work through you to reach others. Give it some prayerful thought in your life and praise the Lord!
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
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