Mon. Sept. 28th

Day 14 pm Mary is amazing! Today, I arrived a about 10:30, Amy stayed here till about noon. Greg arrived around 2:00, and David and "Shoe" were here visiting.
She has been up and down and tested and retested today. Cancer sucks! No way around it, but we are fighting!! Platelets were up and platelets were down. She had to have an ultra sound on her right arm today because she had a shooting pain run down it when they tried to take her blood pressure. There is still a small blood clot there, but they are not to worried about it and seem to be sure it will dissolve, it is in a small vain and not a big concern.

We still need to pray that the platelets will stay! And that she will hold on to her blood!

Mary also had a bone marrow draw today. We will be receiving the results of that test tomorrow afternoon sometime. We are not sure when. What this test will tell us is if the leukemia has been put into remission. If in remission, then Mary will be here in the hospital for 2 more weeks to regain her strength and get healthy. Then she can go home for about 3 weeks. After that time she will return to the hospital and receive the stem cell transplant (or bone marrow transplant). Which is not as scary as that sounds, it is all done like a blood transfusion. And she will have about 4-6 weeks hospital time.

The nurses keep commenting how her room looks so nice, and how cheery it looks in here. Mei(may), Mary's nurse today was saying today, what a nice family she has and how they have not let her be alone. Our presence as friends and family is noticeable and I know God sees and hears that too!

I saw this in one of the books that Mary has here in her room, and it was the first page I happened to open to, it read," Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen! "