Oct 17, 2018 | Melissa, Uncategorized
Little Women has long been one of my favorite books. When I read it the first time, I was probably the same age as Amy March, the youngest of the four sisters, at the beginning of the story. Now, for my most recent foray into the lives of the March family, I’m the...
Aug 4, 2018 | Medical Updates
I’m posting the first of two “updates” from the medical update portion of Leaf by Leaf. After that I’ll be sharing exclusively from my blog page (a distinction without a real difference for how things will pop up). When we created Leaf by Leaf,...
Jul 31, 2018 | Medical Updates
07/31/2018. We’ll remember this date as the day Maggie went to her eternal HOME. Her final hours were peaceful, quiet, and sweet. Our prayers were answered. We held her hand and walked with her to the point we were allowed. What a sacred moment we shared as she...
Jul 29, 2018 | Medical Updates
The update I hoped to never write… Maggie started a rapid decline early in the week to the point we had our primary care doctor call hospice for us. The hospice nurse made her initial visit last night to start providing care to keep Maggie comfortable. We are at...
Jul 24, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie did not get admitted for chemo this week by her own choice. She has been dealing with both tummy issues – upset, nausea – along with fatigue and fluid retention. She wanted more time to a) get stronger for the trip to Texas and b) spend at home with...
Jul 19, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie was not admitted today for chemo despite our early morning trip to Batson under the assumption her counts would be good. I’ll save you some time and just say – our hopes rose much higher than her neutrophil count this week. Our friends at the CCC...
Jul 16, 2018 | Medical Updates
Quick update: Maggie’s ANC (neutrophil count) was only 290, well below the 1000 threshold needed for an infusion to happen. The good news is other components indicate the level has bottomed and should be headed back up quickly. We’ll trying again and hope...
Jul 15, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie has had a slow but steady recovery from her last chemo round. She has experienced the same cycle of fluid retention, aggravated tummy, and low appetite as after the previous two rounds. The last three days have been good – she has been able to branch out...
Jul 2, 2018 | Medical Updates
This morning as we loaded the car for our trip to Batson, Maggie remembered to pack the neutrophils! Her counts had more than recovered enough to allow her admission for the third round of chemo since leaving the trial at MDA. It’s been one of the days when it...
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