November 22, 2007 - Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

It's Thanksgiving here at Children's Hospital and I'm roaming the halls talking to the nurses. I like talking to the nurses. They like to listen to my stories and even help me with homework! I got Thanksgiving dinner from Uncle Ted, via my dad. I got pie from Grandpa Jack via my mom. I also got a pie from the kids at Chef school, one of my classes at school. Wish I could have been there, but thanks for making it for me! I loved it. I got to eat it all by myself! My mom spent the night last night, so my dad's spending the night tonight. I will definitely be up later than him. I'm feeling okay so far. I even had the nasty chemo today, centeribine, or something like that. I guess my body is just getting used to chemo, or maybe the drugs they give me for nausea are working. I dont' know, but I'm glad.
Thanks to everyone for all the cards, gifts, emails, blog comments, etc. I do appreciate all your good thoughts.

November 21, 2007 - Back to the Hospital

It's that time again.....back to chemo, and another month in the hospital. The day before Thanksgiving! I'm hoping I get out before Christmas this way. It took 32 days last time, so that would put me at about Dec. 22nd or 23rd. I really want to be out of here by Christmas. I want to see Christmas Lights and Christmas Trees. I love presents, of course, but mostly I just want to be in my own house. I like seeing my friends too.
I was out for 9 days, but it sure flew by. We went out for dinner to Buca de Bepos, and had Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday with my Grandma Dama, Uncles & Aunts. Molly was there too. I went to 3 movies with my brother & my dad. Nick & Tristen came over and played video games with me. Cole got Rock Band, and I got Assasin's Creed Xbox games, so we had fun playing those. I brought mine with me to the hospital and played most of the first day. Then I got bored and went to harrass the nurses!! They don't seem to mind talking to me. I do like roaming!

November 12, 2007 - HOMEWARD BOUND!

Haliluya! I got to leave the hospital today & sleep in my own bed tonight. It is definitely much better at home. I finally got 288 white blood cells. It went up almost 100 since the day before. It seems like it took forever.

We still have appointments. On Tues we have to have a blood test done, Wed we go to the clinic at Children's Hospital to see if I need palatelet transfusion. Friday I get another bone marrow biopsy, then they will figure out what we do after that.

I don't like living with this cancer. I wish I didn't have it, and I was back at school. Even school is better than this.

I got to meet some Seahawks at the hospital and a Sea Gal. Here's a picture

A donor is found!

Well, there looks like there are several matches for bone marrow for me. That's good, I guess. Now I just need to get my white blood cells jiving again. I need a count of 200 or greater to leave the hospital for a few days. It was 70 yesterday. Normally your white blood cells are over 5,000, so I'm not asking for a lot here............just 200.
I really need to get out of here and smell fresh air. I will only get a few days at home, then I have to come back and do this all over again. One more month long chemo, then my bone marrow transplant probably in January. It takes 10 days conditioning to get ready for a bone marrow transplant. They will use chemo that will kill the bone marrow completely, and possibly some radiation, brefore I even get the transplant. Does not sound like much fun to me!
I guess I can't go to school for a year after a transplant. Holy smokes! That's a long time. I hope I can still pass the 8th grade, so I can make it to high school someday. Maybe 1/2 way thru 9th grade.