First Appointment After Leaving PMH

I know it's Thursday, not the usual Wednesday when I update my blog.  I did this on purpose cuz' Mom has her first check up appointment Wednesday and will do it every Wednesday from now on.  Just want to make sure it's included...

20121126 Monday - Mom's first week living in her own place after PMH.  Appetite wasn't the best, maybe she spent too much energy at the anniversary dinner the night before.  She is also tired, sleeping all the time.  In general, she's not bad.  She's coughing a little bit so Dad had to get the same medication from the PMH nurses.  Good thing is just off the counter.  Dad ran some errands while Mom was resting in the afternoon.  Preparing, settling, adjusting, and enjoying themselves.  Thank God once again.

Even though Mom was tired, Dad encouraged her to make a trip over for dinner.  Mom didn't eat much but she was very awake when the boys are around.  Jonah once again has melted their hearts, haha.  God has His plan, we are just not sure.

20121127 Tuesday - Mom's not as well today compared to the past few days.  She can't eat much again, especially at night.  Morning was not bad but once the sun is set, something is blocking her.  She even wanted to puke and said she feels like she's pregnant again, hahaha.  Gloria did offer her those Chinese super sour snacks.   Yes, Mom and Dad came for dinner again.  I know Dad wants Mom to move more and I can also sense that he wants Mom to be around the boys more.  He probably wants to see the boys too.  To our surprise, we just found out that Jake knows how to draw, hahaha.  He probably knows it but never showed us, hahaha.  

The hospital contacted them informing them that their first BM transplant appointment will be December 12th, 2012.  It's much sooner then I expected at least.  They even offered an interpreter for them as there'll be a lot of information which having someone who speaks their first language is very important.  How wonderful it is?!  It doesn't mean that the transplant will be done on that day and it doesn't mean that it'll be anytime soon but it takes a long preparation time before it actually happens.  Thank God that this is actually an option, thinking a year back.

20121128 Wednesday - They headed downtown early today as their appointment is at 9am.  It took them 15mins from their house to just before DVP but another 20mins right at the bottle neck before they can really get on DVP.  About an hour until they exited Bloor.  Dad was smart enough to park at the parking structure cuz' they ended up leaving after 5pm!!!  Yes, blood work was done first thing and they saw the doctor when the result is ready which is 1.5 hours later.  Everything looks great except her hemoglobin.  It's not at the critical level but still abnormal.  So the doctor recommended her to have a transfusion.  Since Mom had a complication, they had to find the right blood match.  Thank God that they have it ready before 3pm or Mom and Dad would have to come down again tomorrow.  

BM biopsy's result came back showing 16% of blast cells which is a bit surprising to the doctor as Mom's blood work looks pretty good.  And that's why Mom had another BM biopsy in the afternoon while they are waiting for her transfusion.  The Doctor mentioned second chemo which is something I really don't want to hear but God will show us the path.  They even mentioned that Mom won't need to stay in the hospital during her second chemo.  However, Mom wanted to stay though, which kinda make sense especially when she would probably need lots of transfusions.  I don't want to give out too many unknowns on the blog but I guess it's alright as whoever is reading this are probably ppl who are really close to us anyways.  So please continue to pray for Mom's recovery.

Dad's laptop is not working.  Well, it's working but not the screen's back light.  I borrowed a monitor from Vincent/Janet and try to help but it won't let me uncheck the laptop monitor as the main display which means I can't put the whole screen to the monitor.  It's very annoying and honestly, maybe it's time to have a new laptop...anyways, it kinda bugs me as it took me quite some time but still didn't get it fixed.  Need more prayers, hehehe...

"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever." Psalm 136:1,26 NIV