Hey, everyone!
It's Tuesday, aka Chemo Day. Not a whole lot to report. My last post mentioned how my white blood cells were low... I MEANT that the platelets were low, not the white blood cells. I'd had so many problems with the WBC's that I must have had them stuck in my head when I posted the other day. Anyways, I got my blood work done again this week, and the platelets were still too low to do my big dose of chemo, so it was just Herceptin again today. The good news is that they were up to 92, and once they reach 100, I'm in the "safe zone" to do my chemo again. So, although I'm 2 weeks behind schedule, they are going up on their own. That means that I don't have to come in for injections every day this week, and I am no longer in danger of needing a transfusion! YAY! Thank you to everyone that offered to help out, though! It means so much!!!
Ok, as for this weekend, Tim had some friends over helping with the house again. They're getting so much done, and we're even starting to pick out colors for the walls! One of his buddies used to do drywall work, so he's been doing the mudding for free! I can't express to him how much we appreciate all his hard work. He's invaluable!!! So, that's moving along at a nice pace.
On Sunday, I planted mine and Carley's pumpkins and sunflowers into large pots to be outside. I didn't want to plant them in the ground because the St. Augustine grass will probably strangle out anything I plant. I also planted several strawberry plants, and some tomato plants. Today, I was cleaning up around the trees out back and found that raspberry plants are growing wild back there, amongst the bushes. So, I've made an attempt to dig up as many larger plants as I could and have put them into a large planter, too. Also, Tim bought me 4 large blackberry bushes today. So, I'm a happy little camper. I don't have a very green thumb when it comes to flowering plants (unless it's something simple like a hibiscus), but I can grow fruits and veggies! Tim wants to get me a greenhouse, but it's going to be on hold for a while, until we can get caught up on the upstairs addition.
Mother's Day is coming up this weekend, and in case I don't get on here again before Sunday, I want to wish all of you Mom's a Happy Day! I hope you have a nice weekend!!! Hugs and love from our family.
