I went back to the clinic this afternoon when we got back from our weekend trip. My white cell count was low on Thursday, and Tanya wanted me to come back today to have them rechecked. I'll hear about my numbers tomorrow and hope they are better. I want us to be able to go on our 10 day trip on Christmas (to Kansas and then on to California). Even more, I don't want to have anything wrong with my bone marrow. I am hoping the dip in the counts was just a "blip" as Tanya said. It's very nerve wracking having to wait for the news. I have had to get used to this kind of thing, but it never gets any easier. My mind goes through all the possible explanations-everything from a temporary dip in the counts to a relapse of my leukemia. That would be the worst outcome, of course. However, I had a bone marrow biopsy only 6 weeks ago, and it was normal. I suspect that if my counts stay down, they will want to do another bone marrow biopsy sooner rather than later. My next one was supposed to be January 12th. I'll be very disappointed if we don't get to go on our trip. We finally get to travel after 7 months, I book us flights to Kansas and California, and then this comes up. Hopefully all will be better tomorrow.
We drove to Georgia for the weekend to visit my sisters. One lives in Atlanta and the other one lives about 2 hours further south in Columbus. Becky had to work unexpectedly so we went by her house in Atlanta on our way home Sunday. I finally got to see Haley, Becky's new dog, and the house she is now renting. It's a cool bungalow with old pine flooring. Very nice and near her work and lots of other fun city stuff.
Saturday morning Beth, Henry, Holly and I drove over to Ft Benning so that we could show Holly the post. Henry is a Ranger in the Army, but he and Beth live off post in their own house about 20 mins from Fort Benning. We drove all over my old biking and running routes and saw our old housing. Some of it seems a bit run down after all of these years. But then that was more than 30 yrs ago. Wow, it really has been a long time!
Saturday night we attended Emma's dance recital along with about 150 other families. They held it in one of the local HS auditoriums-that's how many people attended. There were wee little girls (2-4 yr olds) up to HS students, who did an elaborate Hairspray number. It was all quite fun, and Emma seemed happy to be part of it. I took a photo of her with her roses after the performance. I'm not sure why dance is so big in the south, but it is very popular. It's a little like soccer with all the practices and recitals and even competitions sometimes. Ethan thought something was wrong with Emma's face when she was in costume. She pointed out that she had on makeup. Oh to suffer the comments of a bigger brother.
Sunday we attended Ethan's hockey game. Part of the New South experience after our Old South one the night before with the dance recital. He was tough and focused and even scored 1 goal and 1 assist. I'm biased, of course, but I thought he did well. He is quite an athlete and knows no fear. Hockey is great for him.
We are having friends to a potluck here tomorrow for Christmas Eve Eve. That will be lots of fun with 13 of us getting together. Holly is doing a turkey; I've made sweet potato casserole and pound cake. I bought a carrot cake from one of the nurses at the bone marrow clinic when they did the bake sale to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. Everyone else is bringing a dish to share. Should be fun and yummy.
Photos: Old South and New South Fun
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