We are Home ~

Finally, I got Michael home about 3 - 4 hours ago. He is resting comfortably at the moment. Throughout this treatment this time, he looked and felt fairly good. As the afternoon started to turn into evening, you can see the fatigue really begin to set in.

Today, they actually gave Michael 2 shots. He received his normal Nuelasta shot, but he also received a shot of Procuit to help increase his red blood cells. His hemoglobin was down to 8.2 this morning. His white counts still look good right now at 4.1K and his platelets are at 125. I will take him back to the doctor’s office next week to check his blood counts again. We do have a follow up appointment with his radiation oncologist this week. We are going to see if we can get it re-scheduled to the same day as we have to go in for labs. I will keep you posted.

OK, I have a very special request to all the prayer warriors around the world. Michael and I are not ones that will go through the oncology floor and speak with others. We mostly stay to ourselves. But today, Michael and I met a young man, David, whose wife, Rachel Smith, was just diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma in her pelvic. From what we understand, they just received her diagnosis last week and already receiving her first round of in-patient chemo this weekend. Please say extra prayers for them this evening. Both are overwhelmed with being recently diagnosed.

You could see the “lost look” in his face, yet at the same time, when I looked at Michael, you could see in his face he was sharing his experience with this man, and it was so amazing. Just to see Michael explain to him what he goes through and what he could possibly expect for his wife. I hope we didn’t scare him more than he was.

As Jessica spoke of in her update (cp: Jill2008) about the “walking around in a fog” when we each first received the news of our loved one, we all can relate to the emotional roller coaster they must be feeling right now. Michael’s and my heart go out to this couple. We gave him our contact information and hope they stay in contact with us and eventually come to the place I referred him to as a truly wonderful support system, the carepages family. I may not comment on everyone’s pages very often, but each of you have helped us in one way or another by sharing your stories. Each of our stories is different, yet are the same and I may not have said it but THANK YOU for being here for us.

As always, please continue to keep all those beautiful people, our sarcoma friends and all the others fighting any cancer in your prayers tonight. We will update you again soon!!