GO white cells GO!!!!!

After Carol’s leukemia blast cells reached the lower than 5% required to proceed with the bone morrow transplant, a new goal needs to be achieved next.
This time the goal is for Carol’s white cells to start building up until the 500 ANC level is achieved (absolute neutrophil count). At that point she will be able to go home for approximately a month while preparing for the bone morrow transplant.
For anyone interested in knowing when she will go home, PLEASE BE PATIENT, as we will not be able to tell until her white cell counts starts to climb up. Blood counts are done daily, but for a few days are not expected to improve significantly.

As usual, this morning we took our nice walk around the USF campus. The weather was a bit worm, but a nice breeze helped us deal with the temperature. When we got back to the hospital, Carol wanted to make a stop by the Art Class where she did some of her creative painting on silk.
For lunch Carol had a delicious soup that her friend Cathy prepared with all natural and “organic” ingredients. I know that Carol enjoyed it and plans to get the page for the recipe from The Cancer Fighting Kitchen from Cathy and probably ask me to prepare it next time I am home and bring to the hospital.

Today our good friends Ron and Brooke Hatch stopped by to visit Carol (and me) as they started the trip to their home in Maine for the seasons (snow birds). We had a nice time with them reminiscing mostly about rowing and friends. We can’t wait for the next time we can get together in more homey surroundings... Like the water!

I took this picture of Carol, Brooke and Ron as we walked them to their nicely loaded minivan to wish them a safe trip back home.

Carol's sister Susan will be visiting again for a few days starting this Friday.
Just the notion of Susan's visit brightens Carol's days way before her arrival.

More updates soon :)
Jaime