I got here to Houston yesterday and started getting sick as soon I got off the plane.\u00c2\u00a0 By five o\u00e2\u20ac\u2122clock Monday I was in the hospital with chest pains and a promise to stay all night long for blood transfusions.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n It was a long night.\u00c2\u00a0 Three transfusions and I got to the doctor a half hour late the next morning.\u00c2\u00a0 However, she had to transfer me to a leukemia doctor as the blood tests indicated that I needed a different doctor.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n After many a test and a quick rest in the bed in the leukemia center, I got the news that my treatment was going to be a month of intense chemotherapy that starts immediately.\u00c2\u00a0 It must be done here in the hopes it takes the leukemia into remission so I can get healthier to do the bone marrow transplant.\u00c2\u00a0 My family members are on alert to receive a bone marrow donor package they must complete immediately to see if they area\u00c2\u00a0 match.\u00c2\u00a0 The doctors here are insistent my family be the only ones to do that at this point. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n I am now waiting to get admitted into a room where I will be in isolation for a month.\u00c2\u00a0 They also promise a followup of a week chemo after that. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n I am relieved to know I start treatment.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been told I have more pneumonia and am running a fever.\u00c2\u00a0 They are starting treatment for that immediately. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n This is the latest update.\u00c2\u00a0 I am relieved to be among so many good doctors, nurses and staff.\u00c2\u00a0 I am ready to start this adventure and Pierce is right here with me.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks, too, for all your support and prayers. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n My wish for you today<\/strong> is that you embrace life as much as possible each day and be as positive as possible.\u00c2\u00a0 You just never know when Iife may change. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ~ Joellen<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got here to Houston yesterday and started getting sick as soon I got off the plane.\u00c2\u00a0 By five o\u00e2\u20ac\u2122clock Monday I was in the hospital with chest pains and a promise to stay all night long for blood transfusions.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a long night.\u00c2\u00a0 Three transfusions and I got to the doctor a half […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,37,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-illness","category-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}