Feb 12, Day +16 Home is sounding good

"Just the Facts"--  Feeling pretty good today.  Hardly any pain, no Benadryl, head clear, energy up from blood infusion yesterday.  Still waiting on the counts.

Even though B had two 1 hour sleep sessions while I was there today, he felt pretty good.  The blood and platelets he got last night gave him some energy today.  He only had pain in the morning, so really didn't need too much pain medicine, so his head was very clear.  He was able to walk laps around the ward about every hour or so. He is really looking forward to coming home.  After the doctors made their rounds and checked B out, they said the blood counts come at and individual pace, so there is no exact time.  They do expect them but they cannot put a time on it.  This news was interpreted as being in the hospital longer.  Well this thought moved B into a trapped feeling and then his anxiety about being locked up started to increase.  I know he is hooked up to pain meds, but anxiety and pain are two different things, so we talked to the nurse from some anti-anxiety meds.  This is on order when he wants or needs it.  We have been down this road before.  Anyway after he got the meds, he calmed down quite a bit.  He then told me that he was ready to bolt earlier, but he didn't see how he would get his monster drip pole onto the bus! : )   The machines scream a silent song that say, "where you go we go".  Just feeling good was a great thing and we were happy to be there.  So many others are not up, or able to eat, or even out walking.  We are so thankful for this progress.  Now we will wait patiently for those precious cells to begin moving on their own and showing up in the testing.

The effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. This is one of my favorite verses in the Bible.  James 5:16.  I believe that the paragraph above is a result of so much prayer going up by so many on our behalf.  We are so thankful to each one of you.  And very soon B will be home where he belongs, enjoying his family and the simple things of life.  This of course, after a drive by the beach!
Until next time,
Hopeful Believer.