Higher Platelets!

So I'll just do a quick update of the past week.  As you already know last Tuesday my platelets were at 2 and I had to get a transfusion.  On Thursday they were 10 which was still low enough to need another transfusion.  I also got a blood transfusion because my himadicrit (sp?) was low.  But after that I started to feel better!  Friday and Saturday were my best days and I'm still doing pretty good.  Today my platelets were 26! Yay!  Only problem is they have to climb to at least 75 by next Tuesday in order to have my next chemo treatment that day.  Cross your fingers!  If my platelets are still too low and my treatments keep having to be pushed back because of it they'll consider taking out my spleen cause they think that's what's chewing them up.  They'll take a bone marrow biopsy before they do that they because I have "peculiar abnormalities" in my bone marrow and they want specialists to see if that might be the thing causing the platelet problem before they take out my spleen.  Some more good news though, Dr. Harker (my oncologist) said that he couldn't feel any of the lymphnodes anymore!  That means that they're shrinking!  Yay!  Thanks for the prayers everyone! :)

Round Two Platelet Battle

8/16: Round 2 chemotherapy, Platelets = 79
8/19: Platelets = 14
8/23: Platelets = 2 Celeste is recieving a transfusion of platelets at  Huntsman cancer center on the IMC campus.
8/28: We will recheck platelets. If low platelets delay chemotherapy again  the doctor will address removing her spleen.

Celeste is weak but upbeat. Thanks for prayers!!!

Blood Work

I went back to the outpatient clinic today to check my plateletes and to make sure everything else was going well.  My plateletes did take a dive from 79 on Tuesday to 14 today.  They'll give me a transfusion on Tuesday next week, but I'm ok right now.  I'm a little tired and feel kinda sore, but that's normal.  At least I'm keeping food and water down.  All in all I'm doing well and much better than the last go around!  No hospital!  Hooray!

Shaleece's Wedding

Round Two

Celeste's Platelets are good, up from 51 to 79. She gets the second round of chemo today.

Update on Chemo Treatment

So I was supposed to have my second chemo treatment yesterday (Thursday 11), but my doctor (Dr. Harker) postponed it till Tuesday to see if my platelettes will go up anymore before they poison me again.  But even if they're not up by then they'll still give me chemo regardless.  But the good news is.....I'll feel better at my sister's (Shaleece) wedding!  Hooray!  So for all of you coming to the wedding, I should be bright and cheery :)  Little miracles :)

Me before Chemo

So my mom wanted me to put up a picture of what I looked like before chemo. Here it is!

Good to be Home

Writing to her Elder Jencks

New Hair!

GOING HOME!!

Blood counts continue to climb:
Tues white blood count 3.6
Weds white blood count 7.9

Tues platelets 36
Weds platelets 28
Good enough to go home!!!!!!!!

WAY TO GO CELESTE!

Good News - Bad News

Good news - Bad news:
Celeste has reponded to a change in antibiotics and is no longer
having fevers. For awhile there was concern that the fluid collected
between her lungs and chest wall was infected. With the fevers
responding they have ruled that out. Her xrays show improvement in her
pneumonia. She has a good productive cough = yuck!

White blood cell counts dipped down to almost nothing but are
on the rise.
white blood count normal ranges 4.3 - 10.8
Celeste Friday = .3
Celeste Sat     = .1
Celeste Sun    = .7
Celeste Mon   = 2.0   Wahoo!

Platelet count Saturday = 10
Platelet count Sunday = 14  They didn't transfuse
Platelet count Monday = 7  She will get a transfusion of platelets
today. The HLA testing is still not back.

Battling nausea and vomiting is her current drawback. Changing medication
has helped this morning but makes her really sleepy......
Thank you for all of your prayers!
A special thank you to everyone who contributed to the wonderful
pictures and messages!!!!!!! What a blessing good friends are!