Life's Moments

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ONE MONTH OLD

My beautiful grand-daughter is sleeping sweetly right now; I know this because she's in my bedroom.  On Monday, December 21st, my daughter and I were trying to finish a phone conversation we'd been having earlier in the day but we kept getting interrupted and once again we were getting distracted because there was knocking on my door.  Frustrated, I yelled, "Come in!".....the door opened and there stood my daughter!  I couldn't figure out how she was in Colorado(she lives in Texas) or why; there's no money for either of us for trips.  But to make a long story short her friends paid for airfare and with my son-in-law's ok 'my girls' came to be with me at least until January 5th.   What a blessing!  What a lovely way to celebrate Christmas and New Year's!

My daughter needed a time to enjoy and rest up from being a new mommy; also time to reflect on the death of her mother-in-law (the day after I left Texas and the baby was only a week old).  It was my kiddo who took Jean to/from all her medical appointments and nearly all other errands like groceries and prescription pick-ups......all while going through an unexpected, miraculous pregnancy.  Also dealing long-distance with me during my own monster battle.  I cannot thank my daughter's friends enough for gifting her with this trip I also praise my son-in-law for being gracious about having his wife and new baby spend this time with me....especially after just losing his mom to cancer.

Ahhhh, but wait, Dear Readers, there's more to report!

December 21st  Dr. C.'s office called to say there would be no bone marrow biopsy until a PET scan was done; if I became more sick to go to the ER in the meanwhile.

December 22nd the hospital imaging called to set up a PET scan!

December 23rd, at 9:30 AM I had the PET scan and the radiology dept. staff met and helped take care of 'my girls' while I had the scan and Dr. B. was very pleased to meet them, too!

December 28th at 3 PM marked my second internal exam by Dr. B. since treatment ended.  AND even though Dr. C was able to get my PET scan done Dr. B. gave me the results.............

I am officially in REMISSION!   The PET scan is dark.  There is no more monster, nor any blips of left-overs anywhere in my body!  My daughter is with me to hear this news and my heart is so full of gratitude to The Lord for bringing me to His chosen vessels for healing me.  I burst into tears and I know Dr. B. had at least one, too.  I thanked him for allowing God to help heal me through him; Dr. B. tells me it's been a privilege for him to have such a brave woman for a patient.  He even tells my daughter what a brave person I was to go through such horrible treatments and thanks her for the honor of meeting her and the baby.  His genuineness cannot be mistaken; his smile is a ray of sunshine.  We hug and say goodbye....perhaps for the last time.

December 30th Dr. C. calls me to reiterate the PET scan results; she, too, is genuinely pleased with them but now wants me to come in for more blood work before a marrow biopsy is ordered.

December 31st 10 AM blood is drawn, the initial report is not a real surprise but, does place a damper on the remission news.  The counts aren't low enough just yet for more transfusions, but very, very close...it won't take much for me to begin feeling deep pain again, I'm already exhausted.and hopefully before Monday's over we'll have the detailed hematology report and/or be in for the marrow biopsy. 

As both my doctors have said, it's the after-effects from the monster battle we are dealing with now....we're very close to fully grasping the brass ring.

In the meanwhile precious life moments are being savored even more than before; the ordinary and extraordinary, mundane and miraculous; all of them are blessed gifts from Almighty God.

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.
-- Coreta Kent