Saturday, January 24, 2009

Yes we are here for the long run

We keep getting asked "now that the stem cells have been transplanted, when are you coming home?"

We want everyone to know - the lowest point has yet to come.. Adele's blood numbers (white, red and platelet counts) will continue to drop through next Wed or later. Once they do start the up swing, they may go up or down from day to day before they finally get going up for good. Once they get high enough, she will be discharged - but only to out-patient status for 2 - 3 weeks (or more), and we will need to visit IPOP every day during that period.

Adding up everything, we are looking at some time around Feb 25th as the earliest that we could actually come back to Ephrata. Yes - this is a long time, but totally necessary, as we will need to be within 1 hour of the hospital for those last 2 - 3 weeks. Hopefully we can get one of the apartments across the street, and not have to worry about driving in everyday.



Missing our Ruby and other grandchildren.

Thanks for everything - The Lord is here with us everyday - Rick & Adele

1 comment:

  1. It was great to talk to you. I will check on the cross stitching after I make a few calls.
    Thanks for the suggestion about the glove hunt. When the boys woke up I asked if the wanted to look for their missing gloves. No go!!
    I think Jarod and Will won't mind since they understand a little more about the money idea. We'll see if we end up with any other gloves.
    We love you and know that Gof will continue to be with both of you.
    We'll pray for Dusty's healing also.
    Love, Elaine

    ReplyDelete