The good today is that it is my oldest son Steve’s 35th birthday! Happy Birthday Steve! I have enjoyed all 35 years with Steve – maybe not every day of all 35 years, but almost every day!
The bad is that my blood work this morning showed that my blood numbers continued their downward trend. Dr. Estrov is concerned. In order to continue with the planned Chemotherapy I have to have an emergency bone marrow aspiration (BMA) – to determine if I have fallen out of remission. Fallen out of remission? How could that happen so quickly? I feel and look so good.
Dr. Estrov is 99% sure I’m STILL IN REMISSION, but the bone marrow aspiration is a must do to confirm. He feels my platelets are being destroyed by the heparin I’m using to flush my pic line that I’m flushing every day. No more heparin until we find out. “In Leukemia, there are mysteries every day," says Dr. Estrov. “This is just one of them.” I’m, of course, in tears! The doctor jokes that he may have to start an IV to replace all the fluid I’m losing through my tears. I laugh. My research nurse Jennie tells me to listen to Dr. Estrov and BELIEVE that I have a 99% chance of still being in remission. Easier said than done, but I try.
So, up I go to have my 5th BMA! Terri, the Nurse Practioner who performs the aspiration, echoes the fact that I look and act too good to be out of remission. I still can’t stop crying and I have to wait until tomorrow to find out the results. UGH! Fortunately, I get to go home to the Ogles and have dinner with the family and a new grandchild, Walker – three weeks old.
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