15 Days

Hey Y’all (I’ve picked this up since living in GA)! This is the longest I’ve gone without updating….oooops. The good news is it’s not because I've been feeling sick! I’ve been kind of busy with Londynn and spending time with family. The past few days Londynn hasn’t been feeling well, and has definitely been acting like it. She’s been cranky, clingy and just a handful. I’ve been wearing my mask around her to avoid getting the crud she has since my counts are still very low. Today she finally seems to be back to her normal self! Sadly my Dad left to go back to Colorado today. It is going to be hard because he is going to be there most of the time, while my mom and I are here. I know he wants to be here very badly, but he has obligations back home. He plans to come back and forth frequently including Thanksgiving and Christmas. With that said, my best friend Vinisha got here yesterday! She is my other sister, and one of my strongest supporters. I love her and am so happy she is here for the week.

I am 15 days post chemo. It has still been uneventful, which is awesome. I thank the Lord that I am doing so well. I haven’t developed any fevers or infections so far, and am still at home with my family. If I develop a fever it is right back to the hospital I go, so praying this continues. I am still going to the clinic daily. I have been spending about 3-4 hours there each day getting fluids and transfusions. The past couple days I have had to get blood and platelets. It looks as though my WBC might be on the rise. The count was 0.2 yesterday, and 0.3 today. I know so exciting, right? But when I see that I get hopeful that maybe they are starting to come back. From what I remember, it’s a slow start, but it eventually picks up and increases pretty quickly day to day. My red blood cells (RBC) and platelets (especially these) are always slower to come back. So more transfusions will most likely been needed this coming week.

We are STILL waiting on my sisters match status. I am pretty sure we will know something this week. Whether it is good news, or not exactly what we want to hear, I am going to keep my head up and keep trusting and believing that there is a perfect match out there for me somewhere. I know God has this and is already well into working out my situation! It brings me so much peace and comfort knowing that I have Jesus right by my side to heal, comfort and strengthen me along this journey. I couldn’t do it without Him. I don’t know how anyone could.

I hope everyone had a great weekend! I certainly did. Braxton and I took our little one trick or treating with her bff Harper on Friday night. It was short lived because I ended up getting really tired walking around, but it felt so good to actually do something “normal.” Life is still good, even with what my family is going through. There are still many things that bring me so much joy. I am here living and enjoying life as much as I can. I don’t think I will ever take another day for granted…now and once I have won this fight. Life is too precious to “sweat the small stuff” as my auntie would say!

Love you all and thank you as always for the continued thoughts and prayers!