This has been a very full day. I was at the hospital from 9am until about 3:30pm. I got one unit of blood and platelets. Next Wednesday I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy and an endoscopy. But before they do that, they have to bring up my platelet count to reduce the chance of complication from bleeding. So, I'm going to get platelets again on Friday and then again on Tuesday.
After I got home from the hospital, Rachel and I went to the supermarket. Another milestone. It was great - A little more independence.
As I was sitting in a treatment room getting transfused, I was thinking about how lucky I was. I needed blood and there was blood to be had. It got me thinking about how amazing it is that there are people who donate blood or blood platelets or whatever. I mean, I was in one room with 8 chairs on a floor with many treatment rooms all full of chairs, full of people. And that's just one hospital in one city. So, I just want to thank all of you who DO donate blood. It's truly the gift of life!
Dear Lou,
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and may i add, your shopping techniques are exquisite.
You also cook a mean meat sauce and by mean i mean nice and by nice i mean DAYUM good!!
I love u much and much
Leah I hope you are feeling better today. From the sound of things you're a regular super star. Let's see what you did today..oh first a tranfusion of platletes and then you got fired up, so off to food shopping and cooking. You're like the poster girl for Stem Cells. Those platletes seem to charge you up. Yes we are lucky that there are people out there that donate. You might need a bit of a rest tomorrow, so go with the flow you know. Love Always xxx000xxx Buford (A note to Rachel.. Thank you for helping. I know you do it because she is your mom. But it is important to me because she is my BFF)
ReplyDeleteThat's one of the things I love about you most. You have this amazing ability to be positive even while sitting in a treatment room getting blood and platelets. It's great to hear that you are doing a little more every day and getting a little more independent. I hope that we keep hearing good news every day.
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Shelly
Leah - so happy for you that you had a good day. I hope they continue to be better all the time. I also hope that your tests on Wednesday show some improvement in the GVHD for you. I think about you often and pray only the best for you. (yes, it is 1:30 in the morning, and I am up yet again :-) but I am o.k. with it. I will sleep another time. I just sleep when my body tells me too, and now is not it. Love ya lots.
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Marsha
Hello Diva,
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Glad to see you are doing better today. Would like to visit with you this Shabbat. Keep some time open for me. Will call later.
Love & Kisses
Princess
I often donate blood, knowing i'm doing a great thing, and the most of a thank you I get is (occasionally) from the people doing the "procedure". It's great to get a genuine thank you from someone who is benefiting from the blood donations. So glad to see that you are doing well.
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