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we got out for the first time since we moved to baltimore today! hubby’s blood cell counts are bouncing back after bottoming out at the beginning of last week. we got the nurse practitioner’s ok to go to the family wedding on saturday, and we might even be able to stay the night on saturday. [...]
hubby was admitted to the e.r. yesterday when he went in for a routine transfusion. he’s now at critical care unit for neutropenic sepsis.
hubby and i just got back from our thanksgiving trip, which i hoped would be his triumphant return back to normal society. hubby would return to the scene, have a dashing good holiday, and everything would start falling into place in our post-transplant lives.
this experience has turned me into an emotional rollercoaster. pre-leukemia, i was a tough, cynical 20-something who never got too rattled up about something that wasn’t a really big deal.
things are good. both moves went well, and our stuff is on its way across the ocean to the mainland. our apartment is now devoid of everything except for an air mattress and some clothes. and hubby is doing awesome for the time being.
i have not been posting a lot lately because of the intense amount of time and labor that we’ve been dedicating to the upcoming move. although i do have a lovely treat in store for the two people who read this page: i have been working on an entry about healthcare reform. great fun.
the following is an excerpt from one my favorite poems, “still i rise,” by the esteemed maya angelou. although the poem was originally intended to describe the african-american triumph over slavery, the text runs much deeper and serves as a template for the attitude that hubby and i have tried to maintain throughout his treatment. [...]
T oday was a beautiful, gorgeous day in the d.c. area. The air was warm, the sky was blue, and the sunbeams beat down everything in their path.
we have a rough couple of days ahead of us but it ends well. hubby has a bone marrow aspirate yesterday, surgery to have his i.v. catheter removed today, and his final (hopefully, final for his whole life) lumbar puncture and spinal tap wednesday morning. his new immune system got a bit of a test [...]
later on tonight, hubby and i will be attending a new year’s bash with our dear old friends from high school. this is a somewhat regular occurrence as our group always tries to make even the routine get-togethers as festive as possible.