Hello, Mom asked me to convey that she hopes everyone in the U.S. had a good 4th of July! I joined her for a while before going out myself to see the Houston Symphony Orchestra, which was quite cool. Our friend Fran had made a pot roast here and I brought some of that for […]
Greetings! Things are continuing to progress. Shortly after my last update I was informed that they wanted to do white cell donations for mom to fight off her infections. Her own white cell count has started to rise on it’s own, but in an effort to expedite her healing, they still want to do the […]
Hello all, Getting right to it, as Vicki mentioned previously, since my last update we found out that the “blasts,” or the leukemic cells in her blood, have dropped to 7 from when she started, when her count was in the mid 20’s. The doctors anticipate the possibility that they may drop to 0 and […]
We got some great news! The doctors said after the bone marrow biopsy that it looks like the chemotherapy is working. Joellen’s numbers went from the 29 when she was first tested down to 7 now. The lower the number the better, so we are rejoicing! Please continue to pray for the heart and lungs […]
We are now at day 21 of the chemotherapy so we are expecting another bone marrow biopsy tomorrow to determine how it is working.  Joellen is in positive spirits and is doing everything the doctors are telling her to do.  They are working on the heart medications, and she is still on oxygen for her lungs. […]