My hemoglobin had dropped again to 8.4 so I had to get two units of packed red blood cells today. My platelets have risen another two points and are now at 19. We feel it is a good sign that they are holding steady and rising a little. Not sure the stem cells are working but I do feel they are trying to become more active. At least I keep telling myself that. While I was sitting there in the hospital, some pretty silly thoughts crossed my mind. I want to share them with you all. You have been kind enough to stay with me through this so I want to end the year with something silly then something serious.

The silly first:
Well I am now juiced up with someone else's blood. I often wonder if I will ever get an immense craving for something weird or decide to become a serial killer, a belly dancer, a garbage collector, a great artist or lap my water from a bowl like a golden retriever. You know I have no idea where this blood comes from and what their drives might be.

My New Year’s Resolutions are such as this:
Keep on exercising, eat better and lose about 10 pounds, get up each morning and bribe the Stem Cells to start working. Who knows maybe it will work.

Now the serious:
Please know that I am thankful for all my blessings. I have so much when there are others who have so little. I consider each of you my angels on earth who help prop me up with your good wishes and prayers. Thank you so very much. I am so thankful for my family, friends, my doctors, and others I come in contact who are in the medical profession and help me in so many ways and also the many unseen people who go to the blood bank and donate because without them, so many would be unable to live. I am also thankful for our military people who are so diligent in their jobs and keep us safe at home. So you see, when I weigh the good and the bad in my life; there is no contest I am very blessed.

Now to end on a lighter note:
Better go because I have a distinct urge to go outside and chase a car but wait I have to scratch myself first and I want to lap up a good drink of water before I whine at the door.

Take care and I love each of you

Would like to share some good news with you all. I have not received platelets in about two months and they are staying stable and even increasing a little. They had been staying at 14,000 for a while. Then they had risen slightly to 16,000 and yesterday they were 17,000. (140,000-440,000 is normal) This is good news because something is making the numbers rise because it has been so long since I have received platelets.

Week before last my hemoglobin was 9.4 and I received two units of packed red blood cells. Last week I was tested and my hemoglobin was 11.0 and I was glad but this week it was tested at 11.7 and now I am pretty excited. One thing is I do not have to spend today in the hospital being transfused but I feel something is happening to make the numbers stay stable and even rise. Not saying the stem cells have started working but something is happening and I am thankful for that.

I wanted to share this good news with you all because you have been there with me at the low times so even a little good news is worth sharing.