Tuesday Evening
Greetings:
The “sleepy time tea” lasted through today for Marty, because all she has been doing today is sleeping. Actually when one sees her blood counts one can see the reason why she is sleeping. For you nurses and those who have some knowledge about these things here are her numbers.
WBC HGB PLT BLASTS NEUTROPH BUN CR
RANGE 4-10.5 12.5-16 150-450 0 44-74 6-20 8-25
7.25.07 3.1 11.2 57 12 4 17 0.6
7.31.07 6.4 10.8 4 6 7 25 0.6
8.7.07 7.2 7.6 0 6 4 17 0.6
The normal points for transfusions are HGB at 8 and PLT at 20. When Marty would get close to needing either transfusion she would get tired and sleepy and when she needed both she really got tired and sleepy. So, looking at the above it is clear to me why she is tired and sleepy. The neutrophils are one of the indicators that the bone marrow is not recovering yet. As you can see above, that number should be 44-74 and it is only 4 so, baby cells are not being made. God is in charge and has a plan. I try hard to figure it out, and sometimes even to second guess God, but guess what! - I am not able to do it. I am still not in the know of the plan or purpose or goal of all of this, I just know that God is good – all the time! All the time – God is good! And that His plan will glorify Him and be a fulfillment for us. Praise the Lord!
Marty has eaten two good meals today, but was not up to eating much dinner. She has still been up to the bathroom and able to visit a little with John R., Cheryl J., Nancy and Mark B. who brought dinner, and Joan J. We know that a couple of others have been by but the heart has not been on the door because she has been sleeping. I can see that happening more as time goes on, but we will do our best to keep it up for as much as she is awake.
I happened to notice the other day that animals are as much creatures of habit as we are, or the other way, we are as much creatures of habit as animals are, at least as humming birds are. You see our humming bird feeder was in front of the kitchen windows. Well, that was a little hard for Marty to see, because she had to roll over and look back at the same time to see it. So, I changed the feeder with a wind chime that was hanging on the end of the sun porch roof. It was indeed a good change all the way around and particularly for Marty because she can see it much better. But, the first day and a half the birds had a terrible time, they just could not get a drink out of the wind chimes, yet they kept going back to it. Even some of the birds that got a drink out of the feeder in its new place would still fly back to the old place to see what was going on. I thought for a while I was going to have to get the birds some help to be able to cope with the change, but today it seemed like things were much better and they went to the feeder for their food.
Watching all of this made me think about how we are all creatures of habit and slow to make changes in our lives, particularly when we do not feel that we need the changes. When that happens we really wonder why the changes are being made. They don’t meet our needs, so we really don’t want them!
Think about it in your own life if you have some change going on and see if it isn’t true. And, if you don’t have change right now, the next time do think about it in these terms and see if it doesn’t make it easier to make that change. And, if that doesn’t work, think about all the changes you ask God to make on your behalf: like over looking a bad attitude; forgiving a big sin; not noticing a small sin; excusing the lack of bible study because of a busy schedule and an unwillingness to change that schedule to put God as the first priority. Just a thought, that maybe the changes we are asked to make are not really as bad and/or as hard as we first think. And, the reality may be that when we get over feeling sorry for ourselves because we have always done it that way and are being asked to change, we may find the change to be very meaningful. You know God is good – all the time! All the time – God is good! And, He wants the best for each of us. Further, I do not believe there is a one of us that would give up many of the changes that have been made in our life since we were born to go back to the way things were then. We do accept a lot of change in our lives without even realizing that there is change. Perhaps, that is why when there is change that we recognize, we fight it so hard and do not even really give it a chance.
Give some thought as to how you would have reacted to the change that the humming birds had at our house, if you would have a similar change for a similar reason!
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
Greetings:
The “sleepy time tea” lasted through today for Marty, because all she has been doing today is sleeping. Actually when one sees her blood counts one can see the reason why she is sleeping. For you nurses and those who have some knowledge about these things here are her numbers.
WBC HGB PLT BLASTS NEUTROPH BUN CR
RANGE 4-10.5 12.5-16 150-450 0 44-74 6-20 8-25
7.25.07 3.1 11.2 57 12 4 17 0.6
7.31.07 6.4 10.8 4 6 7 25 0.6
8.7.07 7.2 7.6 0 6 4 17 0.6
The normal points for transfusions are HGB at 8 and PLT at 20. When Marty would get close to needing either transfusion she would get tired and sleepy and when she needed both she really got tired and sleepy. So, looking at the above it is clear to me why she is tired and sleepy. The neutrophils are one of the indicators that the bone marrow is not recovering yet. As you can see above, that number should be 44-74 and it is only 4 so, baby cells are not being made. God is in charge and has a plan. I try hard to figure it out, and sometimes even to second guess God, but guess what! - I am not able to do it. I am still not in the know of the plan or purpose or goal of all of this, I just know that God is good – all the time! All the time – God is good! And that His plan will glorify Him and be a fulfillment for us. Praise the Lord!
Marty has eaten two good meals today, but was not up to eating much dinner. She has still been up to the bathroom and able to visit a little with John R., Cheryl J., Nancy and Mark B. who brought dinner, and Joan J. We know that a couple of others have been by but the heart has not been on the door because she has been sleeping. I can see that happening more as time goes on, but we will do our best to keep it up for as much as she is awake.
I happened to notice the other day that animals are as much creatures of habit as we are, or the other way, we are as much creatures of habit as animals are, at least as humming birds are. You see our humming bird feeder was in front of the kitchen windows. Well, that was a little hard for Marty to see, because she had to roll over and look back at the same time to see it. So, I changed the feeder with a wind chime that was hanging on the end of the sun porch roof. It was indeed a good change all the way around and particularly for Marty because she can see it much better. But, the first day and a half the birds had a terrible time, they just could not get a drink out of the wind chimes, yet they kept going back to it. Even some of the birds that got a drink out of the feeder in its new place would still fly back to the old place to see what was going on. I thought for a while I was going to have to get the birds some help to be able to cope with the change, but today it seemed like things were much better and they went to the feeder for their food.
Watching all of this made me think about how we are all creatures of habit and slow to make changes in our lives, particularly when we do not feel that we need the changes. When that happens we really wonder why the changes are being made. They don’t meet our needs, so we really don’t want them!
Think about it in your own life if you have some change going on and see if it isn’t true. And, if you don’t have change right now, the next time do think about it in these terms and see if it doesn’t make it easier to make that change. And, if that doesn’t work, think about all the changes you ask God to make on your behalf: like over looking a bad attitude; forgiving a big sin; not noticing a small sin; excusing the lack of bible study because of a busy schedule and an unwillingness to change that schedule to put God as the first priority. Just a thought, that maybe the changes we are asked to make are not really as bad and/or as hard as we first think. And, the reality may be that when we get over feeling sorry for ourselves because we have always done it that way and are being asked to change, we may find the change to be very meaningful. You know God is good – all the time! All the time – God is good! And, He wants the best for each of us. Further, I do not believe there is a one of us that would give up many of the changes that have been made in our life since we were born to go back to the way things were then. We do accept a lot of change in our lives without even realizing that there is change. Perhaps, that is why when there is change that we recognize, we fight it so hard and do not even really give it a chance.
Give some thought as to how you would have reacted to the change that the humming birds had at our house, if you would have a similar change for a similar reason!
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
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