We are now at day 21 of the chemotherapy so we are expecting another bone marrow biopsy tomorrow to determine how it is working. \u00c2\u00a0Joellen is in positive spirits and is doing everything the doctors are telling her to do.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0They are working on the heart medications, and she is still on oxygen for her lungs. She feels like eating a bit and is trying out everything on the menu to find something that has a good taste!\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not that the food is not good, but the chemotherapy affects her tastes! :)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Popsicles and chicken broth are her favorites right now!<\/p>\n
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Even though she has great difficulty talking with the oxygen, she loves to hear your voices and she listens to her voicemails every day.\u00c2\u00a0 Personally I love hearing her perky voice when I get her message on the phone.<\/p>\n
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The computer reception sometimes is not the best in the hospital, but she also reads her emails when she can.\u00c2\u00a0 Pierce reads and then tapes the many cards on\u00c2\u00a0her wall so she can see them.\u00c2\u00a0 Her wall is covered please continue to share those when you can. \u00c2\u00a0I counted over 80 when I was there last week!\u00c2\u00a0 Every one of these are an encouragement to her!\u00c2\u00a0 I’m sure at times she feels alone, but what a blessing to see and hear all of these reminders that so many love\u00c2\u00a0her, miss her, and are praying for her!<\/p>\n
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My\u00c2\u00a0wish for you today<\/strong> is that when you feel alone that\u00c2\u00a0those who love you will show you\u00c2\u00a0in tangible ways how much\u00c2\u00a0you mean to them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are now at day 21 of the chemotherapy so we are expecting another bone marrow biopsy tomorrow to determine how it is working. \u00c2\u00a0Joellen is in positive spirits and is doing everything the doctors are telling her to do.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0They are working on the heart medications, and she is still on oxygen for her lungs. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,37,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","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\/638","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}