The past week has been so good for Mom. Dave and Kari came on Saturday morning. Kam and I picked up Kari and took her to the lake in Prineville with us and Dad and Mom picked up Dave and took him back to Albany. We got home Monday afternoon. Dave, Kari and Mom headed to the beach on Tuesday and came back Wednesday...they had a great time! This was just exactly what Mom needed - a distraction!
Anyway, Mom finished up the last of her antibiotics Tuesday morning. This morning Kam took her over to have the central line removed (it barely bled) and have blood drawn again. Then they had a doctors appt with Dr. Lee. Great news - everything looks good, the counts are rising quickly and Dr. Lee says she is now without restrictions. She can eat, play, sleep, work...whatever she wants as long as she takes it all a little at a time. She goes back to Portland on the 28th for (cross our fingers) the last bone marrow biopsy to be sure there are no signs of leukemia cells.
I am cautiously saying - she is in remission! (technically she's been in remission since she left the hospital in Portland but now I can say it and feel like I can mean it). I'm still having a hard time with saying that it's over. This has been a life changing experience for all of us. It has affected the course of our lives and I can't say the journey is over, its just changing paths again. Life moves on and we go about our daily business but I think we'll all always carry this with us.
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Hi Amie,
ReplyDeleteIt is so good to be back from my travels and see that you haven't posted anything since September 10th. I am going to presume that means that things are going well and your mom is doing great! It has truly been a journey for your family over the last several months! God does answer prayer! I am hoping that you will be playing bells with us???