A day at Emory

Day 1 at Emory went well. I arrived at 6:15am on Tuesday 4/19. I had my port inserted in my chest on the right side. It seems to be working good so far and is only a little sore. They began chemo last night around 8pm and it ran over two hours. I had my second dose at 2am and now I am on dose 3 right now. I have 16 doses of Busulfan over four days. I haven't had this type of chemo before, but according to the side affects I think I will be just fine! The nurses kept me up all night. They had to draw blood at the top of every hour. They say that it will not be like that tonight.
Mom and I are going to walk after this first dose and after my shower. I have to walk 21 laps around the floor which equals 1 mile. They say 2 is better than one, but for now I think one in the morning and one in the evening will be just fine!
I hope everyone at home is doing good!

Peace and Love to you all!

Atlanta

Pre transplant chemo begins tomorrow. Mom and I arrived in Atlanta at 3:30pm today. We went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. And MY OH MY is was sooooo yummy! I was glad that I chose there for my final meal before I spend 3 weeks or so at Emory.

I will be in radiology in the morning at 6:30am having a central line put in my chest. I hope that this one will take better than the one I had in November. No, Let me change that I KNOW this one will work better! I have to stay positive! No other way to get through the next couple months. I should begin chemo tomorrow, also.

Just wanted to update ya a lil on what is going on. I will do my best to update daily while I am here!

Peace and love to all!

I am an emotional mess!

Well y'all it looks like my transplant will begin on April 19. I will arrive at Emory on April 19th and I will begin chemo that day. I will be taking chemo for 6 days and Chris (my donor brother) will arrive on April 25th for blood work and they will take his stem cells on April 26th and give them to me. I am suddenly becoming an emotional mess. It seems like everything is happening so fast. I cry at the drop of a hat. I cry when i fold laundry, I cry when I wake the kids and Keith up every morning, I cry when I cook dinner and I even cry when I go to bed at night. I cry because I will not be here (i will be 250 miles away and not just across town in the hospital). I cry because I am going to miss Keith, Satin and Jonathan more than anyone will ever know. I know I have to do this because this is my best chance of being Leukemia free forever. I don't have any doubts that the kids will be taken care of. Satin has decided to stay most of her time home with Keith and Jonathan, of course, will be staying with Kevin and Chris. He is really excited about staying with his uncles. Satin wants to stay home and take care of the house, the dogs and Keith. She and Keith have all the TV shows set to record in the living room so they will have things to do. They are even planning their meals for when I am gone. I will keep everyone posted of my newest chapter in life. Peace and Love to everyone! I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13