Wednesday Evening
Greetings to all :
First I want to report that we have had a few visitors that we have certainly appreciated but have failed to record on the blog. So, to catch up we need to remember Wally J., Dan and Neil W., Linnie Y. Eric and Erin H. Yes, Eric and Erin were here today and it was great to see them and have them here as it has been to see all of those who have stopped by. Thank you!
Down to the business at hand, Marty has not had a very good day at all. She had a very hard time getting awake this morning, in fact has not been awake for a very long time at any time during the day. Before breakfast, I had to put the menu in her hand three times before she finally woke up enough to call down her order. She also had a lot of congestion in her throat and in her nose. She did cough up an example of what is down in her bronchial tubes for Dr. Lee to see and one to send to the lab. Dr. Lee thinks that she has a viral bronchial infection. I suppose we will have to wait a few days to see what the lab has to say. I suppose that because of the sleeping and the congestion ,she has had a low amount of oxygen several times today to raise the amount of oxygen in her blood. Marty has also been doing a lot of shaking today, as if she was cold, but she says that is not the reason. I asked the Dr. if he thought it had to do with weakness and he said that he thought it did. Finally, for now she has feet and ankles that are just unbelievably large. Even though she has been on large amounts of medicine to get the liquid out of her system and it has been working, it is still not getting enough out. Dr. Lee has been a little more aggressive with it today and hopefully will have it all out in another day or two at the most.
The word as of now is that we will go home tomorrow for probably about a week. Of course, this I suppose is dependent on how Marty is feeling in the morning and what the lab tests show. I also believe that she may need platelets before we can go. So, I don’t really anticipate that we will get away from here to early. Then, we will come back to the office about 7:30 am on Monday for the bone marrow biopsy and it will take until Thursday for Dr. Lee to get the results that he needs. He said this morning that he believes it will take a miracle for Marty to be in remission. He does not believe that this go around of chemo has put the AML into remission. If however, we find that it is in remission then we can go on with the transplant. But if we find that it is not in remission then another round of chemo will be necessary to try again. I asked Dr. Lee if there was a type of chemo that could follow the other so close, do the job that needs to be done, and leave Marty with a strong enough body to be able to do the transplant. And he said that he would probably use the same ones that he used this last time.
Well, I guess that is the story and we will have to stick to it until at least tomorrow morning, when we see what is happening.
Praise the Lord! Thank You Lord! “Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord comforts his people…” (Isaiah 49:13) In our world, in our society, in our own little corner of things, perhaps it is we ourselves, or others around us that we know, or both that have things going on in their lives and/or around them, that need the “comfort” of our Lord. And praise the Lord, shout and sing, rejoice for we have the promise of the Lord of His comfort and His presence. So, again I must say, the issue is us and not the Lord. That is where the problem really is, with our relationship with the Lord. It is even Isaiah that is here telling us of the faithfulness of God and the response of the people. What is it that Isaiah suggests that we are to do: 1.) shout for joy
2.) rejoice
3.) burst into song.
Do we see these things happening today? For the most part I would have to say NO we do not see this happening in our homes, or in or lives. We tend to shield ours for the pressures of the world by doing our own things. We need to lean on the Lord, and Him only, for the way, the truth, and the live. Shout for joy, rejoice, burst into song, glorify the Lord right now and always.
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
Greetings to all :
First I want to report that we have had a few visitors that we have certainly appreciated but have failed to record on the blog. So, to catch up we need to remember Wally J., Dan and Neil W., Linnie Y. Eric and Erin H. Yes, Eric and Erin were here today and it was great to see them and have them here as it has been to see all of those who have stopped by. Thank you!
Down to the business at hand, Marty has not had a very good day at all. She had a very hard time getting awake this morning, in fact has not been awake for a very long time at any time during the day. Before breakfast, I had to put the menu in her hand three times before she finally woke up enough to call down her order. She also had a lot of congestion in her throat and in her nose. She did cough up an example of what is down in her bronchial tubes for Dr. Lee to see and one to send to the lab. Dr. Lee thinks that she has a viral bronchial infection. I suppose we will have to wait a few days to see what the lab has to say. I suppose that because of the sleeping and the congestion ,she has had a low amount of oxygen several times today to raise the amount of oxygen in her blood. Marty has also been doing a lot of shaking today, as if she was cold, but she says that is not the reason. I asked the Dr. if he thought it had to do with weakness and he said that he thought it did. Finally, for now she has feet and ankles that are just unbelievably large. Even though she has been on large amounts of medicine to get the liquid out of her system and it has been working, it is still not getting enough out. Dr. Lee has been a little more aggressive with it today and hopefully will have it all out in another day or two at the most.
The word as of now is that we will go home tomorrow for probably about a week. Of course, this I suppose is dependent on how Marty is feeling in the morning and what the lab tests show. I also believe that she may need platelets before we can go. So, I don’t really anticipate that we will get away from here to early. Then, we will come back to the office about 7:30 am on Monday for the bone marrow biopsy and it will take until Thursday for Dr. Lee to get the results that he needs. He said this morning that he believes it will take a miracle for Marty to be in remission. He does not believe that this go around of chemo has put the AML into remission. If however, we find that it is in remission then we can go on with the transplant. But if we find that it is not in remission then another round of chemo will be necessary to try again. I asked Dr. Lee if there was a type of chemo that could follow the other so close, do the job that needs to be done, and leave Marty with a strong enough body to be able to do the transplant. And he said that he would probably use the same ones that he used this last time.
Well, I guess that is the story and we will have to stick to it until at least tomorrow morning, when we see what is happening.
Praise the Lord! Thank You Lord! “Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord comforts his people…” (Isaiah 49:13) In our world, in our society, in our own little corner of things, perhaps it is we ourselves, or others around us that we know, or both that have things going on in their lives and/or around them, that need the “comfort” of our Lord. And praise the Lord, shout and sing, rejoice for we have the promise of the Lord of His comfort and His presence. So, again I must say, the issue is us and not the Lord. That is where the problem really is, with our relationship with the Lord. It is even Isaiah that is here telling us of the faithfulness of God and the response of the people. What is it that Isaiah suggests that we are to do: 1.) shout for joy
2.) rejoice
3.) burst into song.
Do we see these things happening today? For the most part I would have to say NO we do not see this happening in our homes, or in or lives. We tend to shield ours for the pressures of the world by doing our own things. We need to lean on the Lord, and Him only, for the way, the truth, and the live. Shout for joy, rejoice, burst into song, glorify the Lord right now and always.
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
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