IN Remission!

Today's biggest news is that my bone marrow biopsy came back with a hypocellular marrow, i.e. I am in remission. And today the white count was just a bit higher than yesterday also suggesting that my body is starting to repair after the chemo. Both are terrific news, of course. Holly and I are very happy. :-)

Follow up from the fever earlier in the week: I did grow out a bacteria from both of my blood cultures that were taken on thursday after my fever spiked. The bacteria is a type of staphylococcus which is one of the common skin bugs that we carry on our body. Most of the time, this is not a problem. But then most of the time, people have infection fighting cells to combat them, and I don't. I will remain on these antibiotics for a total of 10-14 days to completely get rid of the infection and prevent it from getting onto or into my catheter line. I did get some more blood today too since my hemoglobin level was back down to 8.3. Today's picture is of me and my nurse Dana, hooking up some juju juice through my catheter.

This morning we visited with Kristen (a little bit) before we had to leave to head to the clinic for my appt time. She was too kind and came over to mow our grass for us. Thank you Kristen; you did a great job! I wish I could do it myself and didn't have to accept the help. But I am getting a bit better at accepting that sometimes you just do-need help that is. Thanks again for driving all the way over here to do that for us and to chat a bit about your life. Sorry we had to miss Jana.

It's a late entry today, and I should have more to say, but it's been a very emotional week. I'm tired and need to gear up a bit for my Dad and his wife Lynn who will be arriving for the week in about 2 hours. Tomorrow is the start of a new week...looking forward