Day 34

Hi Everyone,

Mom is taking a little nap right now. She has a lot of stuff that goes on all during the day so in between she is always thankful when I leave her alone for a few minutes.

Early this morning Mom's blood pressure was a little high when she was laying down. They tried to remedy that by giving her some hydrolazene to lower it a bit but they weren't fully aware of her blood pressure lowering when she sat up and stood up, so it kind of negated a little bit of the progress we had made. She got light headed and had a little double vision but has since gotten a lot better. Sheila said they have noted her file to make sure this doesn't happen again. It's nothing major, just a rumble strip in the road.

Her blood cell counts are very good today - all moving in the right direction. Her liver enzymes are still high so we have postponed the chemo she was supposed to do today until tomorrow. Dr. Wetzler said she could rest today and didn't have to get up if she didn't want to. She gleamed at me triumphantly to make sure I heard that one... she loves resting.

The Physical Therapist just stopped in and Mom got to tell her to take a hike. I think it was like her little victory. So far I think it's Physical Therapists 15 - Mom 1. At least it wasn't a shut-out.

Mom is so happy that Sarah and Aaron welcomed a little baby boy, Levi, into the world today. She's telling all the nurses. She told Sheila about the baby right after Mom guessed the date was late November so Sheila was skeptical at first, but since I corroborated her story and she changed her mind and said it was late August she passed her quiz today.

Well, the therapists just stopped back in - looks like we were wrong. They are going to try and get her to take a lap around the floor. Mom's a little disappointed and feels a little misled, but I think it will be good for her. Up to 16-zip I guess. She'll get them one of these days.

The therapist Kevin was very nice. He was snapping his fingers and getting Mom to sing "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain" with him while she danced a little. She didn't make it around the floor but she was up and moving around for almost 10 minutes so that's great! She total Sheila that Kevin was nice but she still wants to poke them all in the eye.

Dinner should arrive shortly and then she'll move back to bed for some relaxing before the nightly pills. She sends her love to all and thanks everyone for all the support.

Love,

Amy