Thursday June 5th 2008
Kira and Linda arrived in Rapid City yesterday to find mom fiesty! The weather in Rapid is dreadful...rain and flash flooding, but the good news is that we missed the hailstorm. Mom looks well, albeit pale and wan. She is taking care of all her daily cares and last night she was up later than I was! This am she awoke earlier than did her daughter or granddaughter.
Status report: Doctor visit. Weekly questionnaire. All activities are ongoing. No pain. No discomfort. Mild fatigue. Answer to the question, what is the biggest problem this week? Mom's answer-- I am sad that Hillary is OUT.
Answer to this question: Sexual Difficulties? Yes...I'm not getting any.
So you can see her humor is totally in tact.
Her white blood cell count is now down into the normal range, meaning the chemo is doing its job. Her platelet count is 5000, which is so abnormally low (normal is between 150,000 to 300,000) that the Dr. Schroeder says it is amazing she is not having major bleeds. We will monitor her for bleeding and we had to stop her bungy-jumping habit. If she does begin to bleed
we will attempt to manage via transfusion. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, she is amazing us all.
