In those 5 months the following has taken place:
Sharon is diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
3 days at JFK
56 days at Eisenhower
50 days at City of hope
22 days of Chemo Therapy
4 days of Radiation
5 bone marrow biopsies
1 bone marrow transplant (4 days instead of usual 1 day)
6 visits to City of Hope prior to admission
And you all wondered what she has been doing with her time!! Throughout it all we have had the support and faith and prayers of all of you. This has been a journey of faith for all of us.
Today also marks the 40th day of our critical 100 days post transplant. We have seen many miracles and continue to see them every day. We began today to transfer all of our medications from IV to oral. If that goes well and we have no recurrence of GVH we may get discharged by the end of the week. Sharon said this morning she felt better than she could remember. We've been out and had a nice walk and at the moment, in honor of Stephanie, she is pounding down a corn dog. Her new motto is to stick with the kids menu. I guess the has something to do with the infancy of her new immune system.
All in all we count our blessings every day and continue "TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FAITH."
Recent visits from Jeff's family and from Max
3 comments:
Those are quite the stats! I'm so glad to hear that she is feeling so good and downing corn dogs with complete abandon. On a side note- is Stephanie feeing Max corn dogs too? That kid is huge! So cute. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Amazing when you see the recap that all this has occurred in 5 months!?!? Corn dogs huh? What's next....hot dogs with wheat bread or ice cream in a cup (just add milk). :)
Thanks Mom and Dad for strengthening our testimonies each and every day!
Are you sure it's only been 5 months? It feels like it's been a year! What an experience for all of us. I'm glad to hear that mom has come to appreciate one of the most pure foods, now if she just adds some fries or a baked potato she would be in business. I think mom feels so great today because Max came and visited yesterday:)The magic of the moose.
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