Day 58- June 15, 2014

 

Above is a photo of my good friend Dani who came to visit me last Tuesday. It was a short visit, but time seems to erase itself when we get together. Dani and I go back to being neighbors on Silverwood when she moved there when we were in the 3rd grade. We then went to the remainder of grade school and then on to high school together. We also shared our love of horses together when Dani got a horse and kept her horse at the same field where I kept my horses in Houston. Dani lives in San Antonio now, so we don't see much of each other. Seen here we are displaying the prayer blanket that my St. Agnes friends (especially Polly Mestre) made for me. The best part of this illness is the opportunity to re-unite with old friends!!

Not many medical changes occurred this week from the week before. I was taken off one pill, but another two were added back onto my daily regimen. Ugh....my stomach just keeps complaining....bouts of intermittent nausea and diarrhea started back this week. Oh well, it's all part of the recovery. Overall, the doctor's and nurses are still watching me closely for medical symptoms,
especially signs of GVHD. There are some elevated blood levels that indicate I may have something inflaming my liver. This could be GVHD or it could be one of the meds I'm on. Nothing alarming at
this time though.

My sitter for Mon-  Thurs. of this last week was Shirley again....Sweet Shirley. The photo below shows Shirley and her dream car! Aimee Ferrell then offered to fill in for Shirley on Friday when I went to the hospital for my re-check. It was so fun to be able to visit with Aimee and we even had an opportunity to go out to lunch ....what a treat!! Also this week I was able to fit in a visit with Ann Biro and Caroline Bernard (SHE group) whom we met at mass on Thursday morning. What a surprise treat that Ann invited us all over to her house for a delicious breakfast and visited with Caroline who happened to be visiting from Washington D.C.