A Day in the Life

Last night provided six and a half hours of sleep.  Just after I woke up I was able to put some time into my exercise chart and talk with the physical therapist.  I was also able to spend some time exercising.  Nothing too interesting.  Breakfast was three yogurts.  That's a bit odd.

Emily arrived at 10am.  Then around 11:30 my sister Jennifer visited for a few hours.  Right in the middle of that Gavan and Amy stopped by and brought lunch from Crown Burger.  Everyone left opposite their order of arrival.  Lunch was delicious, Gavan and Amy are awesome and fun.  Talking with Jennifer was great, we don't get to talk often so it meant a lot to have her here.  And of course, Emily is my sun, moon, and stars.

There was some movement today in regards to the bone marrow transplant.  My siblings will, if they're willing to, be tested as a match.  Jennifer was actually checked while she was up here today.  The test is done with a blood draw.  The results won't be back for 7 to 10 days.  If my other three siblings are checked in the next two weeks then we should know before the chemo is finished whether or not one of them is a match.  If none are then I would need to start looking elsewhere.  So there you have it, the search has begun.

The donorubacin and vincristine was administered near 11am.  It has caused me to bloat up something fierce.  Crazy bloating means no dinner.  The calorie count will stand at 1300 for today.  Today was a good day due to Emily, Jennifer, Gavan, and Amy.  It was rough physically, vincristine always is.

I'm not on steroids today, so I'm pretty tired.  Normally I'm wired right now, it's only 10pm.  Apparently I'm on a rotating schedule where I'll essentially take steroids for 4 days and then not take them for a week or so.  All that means right now is that I need to wrap this up and get some rest while the getting is good.

Today's picture, the whole family on the recent Disney Cruise: