DAY 6

Wow-has it been a week that Terry has been in the hospital? Sometimes it seems as if this hospitalization started yesterday---other times it feels like a month.
Terry is doing better than expected, in terms of possible problems. Side effects have been held to a minimum, probably because Terry is following all orders and suggestions from the medical staff to a T. She is an ideal patient. Her husband is a pain, but that is to be expected.
Three very wonderful things happened on DAY 6. In chronological order they are as follows:
Paul and Margie Beauregard visited in the early afternoon. Terrific friends and wonderful people. We have known them for about 13-14 years. As we got to know each other we learned how closely our lives paralleled. We have a lot in common except they go to Florida each winter while we stay in Michigan. Yes-I am jealous.
Later in the afternoon Terry received a shot of G-CSF. This is a drug that will help stimulate her stem cells to increase at a faster rate and induce the cells to become neutrophils, leucocytes, platelets and a bunch of other type cells. This drug will help Terry get better quicker and ultimately come home. It is lonely at home without Terry there. Our poor cat (Lacey) is having Meowmy withdrawal. She is becoming CATatonic.
Finally, in the early evening two more wonderful friends, Harry and Dixie Doerr came to visit. Terry's room has some Christmas motif about it and the centerpiece is a beautiful lamppost adorned with lights, garlands and ornaments. Harry and Dixie had given this to us just a week ago. It will become a mainstay of our annual decorations. This year it is a light for Terry's future and a reminder of Harry and Dixie. We normally spend New Year's Eve with the Doerr's. Can't go out with them this year, but we are planning New Years with Harry and Dixie for next year.