Hope Does Not Disappoint: Quick note....

Welcome to "Hope Does Not Disappoint"

There are two key reasons I have finally decided to join the world of blogging:

First, my cancer has become active and there is a loving congregation and many family & friends who want to keep track of what is taking place. This provides a way for me to update them as often and with as much detail as they desire.

Second, the Lord often links Scripture with circumstances in life for a much more potent 1 - 2 punch. I have already found that to be true and I hope to share some of those lessons for those who are interested.

So almost every entry in this blog will have two parts to it: Body (what's happening physically with the treatments) and Spirit (what God is sharing as I open His Word).

Thanks for visiting. I hope some of the "Points Along The Road" in my journey are helpful and encouraging to you.

Dave

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Quick note....

Hi again.....it's Andrea.

Dave felt pretty good today. He gets lightheaded and short of breath easily. Just finds he doesn't have much stamina. But we know that will eventually get better! :)

We went to Yale again this morning for his shot (to boost white blood cells) and for blood work to see how his "levels" are doing. Fortunately, we only had to wait for the blood work results to come back (which can take anywhere from 1 -2 hours) and then we were told we could go home. :) His levels were good enough that he didn't need a transfusion of anything today.

From now til the 23rd, we take a trip to Yale every other morning for the same thing....blood work. Depending on the results that come back, they could tell us we have to stay....sometimes it's because he needs platelets, sometimes potassium, sometimes magnesium, etc....and that means it takes up most of our day.

So that will be our schedule for a while. He does have to be careful, again...his white blood cell count is quite low and they don't want him to be around crowds. They gave us some masks for him to wear in case he HAS to go out. Hopefully the shots he is getting will help these levels to come up soon!

Thanks again for your prayers, many notes of encouragement, love, etc!

P.S. We're excited that my mom will be coming out from Wisconsin to visit us tomorrow! :) She'll be out in this area for about a month....staying with us, loving on her newest grandbabies (Paul and Kristine's kids), going up to Camp Spofford for Senior Citizen's week, and visiting her cousin in NJ for few days! Will be nice to have her here......we'll miss having dad with her, but we're looking forward to a great visit with my mom! :)