Jo's white cell count is up to 4.3 today and we have packed up her entire room in hopes of being discharged in the morning. I asked to have the bellhop sent up with a cart and they just looked at me funny. After 24 days in the hospital it's pretty easy to accumulate a lot of stuff.
For the next two weeks, Jo will come back to the hospital every day for IV fluids and medications. For the most part she just gets to sleep at home. Our buddy Gerry left this morning and he looked like a new man standing in the hall completely detached from his Chemo Pole. Gerry is staying in an apartment just down the hall from us so I doubt this is the last you'll hear of him. As for our other 11th floor friends, we hope to cross paths in the clinic.
Jo had a nice Thanksgiving meal from room service today. If you can remember back to when this all started in November 2004, this is the second Thanksgiving spent in the hospital. On the bright side, one is much less likely to overeat in the hospital than at a traditional Szymanski Family Thanksgiving.
We also had a surprise visit today from Jo's friend Tamra Hext from Dallas. She and her husband had gone to see her cousin at St. Luke's next door. Tamra was Miss Texas a couple years before Jo and was a strong role model for Jo during those years. Because of that we made a very brief exception to our no visitors policy.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Praying that my birthday present tomorrow will be that Jo is getting to go home to her quaint sweet apartment with her loving husband.
Praise The Lord! So glad things are moving along and Jo may be going 'home' tomorrow. The meal actually looked pretty good in the picture. Hope she enjoyed it.
Tim, you're a gem and all of us appreciate you so much for keeping us updated.
I've become addicted to www.davidandbelynda.com and all the info it gives us on Anna.
Much Love to both of you.
Congratulations to all of you for completing the hospital part of the journey successfully! I am sure it makes a LOT of people happy because it means we will be seeing Jo's lovely face soon.
Best wishes for the next part of your journey.
Suzanne
Congratulations, relief and thankfulness are all feelings I have today for Jo. The hard part is over! My friends here in Oklahoma and I have been praying for the medical success of all aspects of the treatment, and Jo has done far better than anyone I have ever known or heard about going through a stem cell transplant. If MD Anderson has an award for the best stem cell transplant patient ever, I think Jo should be nominated. Congratulations on your homecoming, Jo! Thanks, Tim, for the updates.
Valerie
Yea, enjoy your trip home today! :)
Yea, enjoy your trip home today! :)
So glad!!! I always tell my patients the best thing for them is to get outta here! Get home! You can just heal so much better in your own home, away from the dozens of people who come in and out of your room each day....so glad to hear things are going well. Mom and I follow every detail on twitter and the blog. And we text each other when there is something new. Love you guys so much. So much to be thankful for.
Tim, Jo and Anna,
Wow what an incredible rebound from treatments. We praise Yahweh for His kindnesses to your health, healing and family.
Hope they set you free!
But still praying.
In Jesus,
Kem & Jan
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