Jan 3

Deb is feeling better this morning so she is coming down to visit. I don't think I'll be able to hug or kiss her but just having her here helps tremendously! She and Dana must have noticed that I hadn't been eating my meals well, so they have been asking me what I want for the next day's meals and cooking them at home. So far I've had tacos, lasagna, home-made macaroni and cheese, and today they are bringing stuffed bell peppers! Do I have it good or what!!! The food here is really pretty good but I'm getting my favorites from home. Deb and Dana and Dave and their kids all came at the same time today bringing gifts. They brought wraps and chips for the nurses and stuffed bell peppers for me, YEAH! I had to put a mask on but I got to go out to the waiting room and visit with my grandkids, Hailey and Aiden. It was hard to not hold them but it was pretty cool to be able to be with them! Dana and the kids left about 1:20 to take Dave to the airport, he has to go back and make some money. Deb left a little later cause she got her fever back and I just can't take chances. She'll have to stay home now until she is well, and that will be hard for both of us. My platelets were low today (18,000) so I'll have to have platelets tonight, which means they have to give me Benadryl before it, which is what kept me up half the night the other night! Maybe it won't affect me that way this time! I have a tooth that is hurting tonight, but they said I might. I guess they recommend (if you have advanced notice) that you go to the dentist a few months before chemo, but for me it was a surprise. My night nurse happens to be someone I probably played softball against a few years ago. We started talking and found that we had things in common. You know come to think about it, I should hate her cause that team used to beat us a lot!!! LOL! She is going to call one of the guys for me so I'll get to talk to him as well. I don't hate her, in fact I love her and all the other nurses that have taken care of me. God has really blessed me with not only good but very friendly nurses. It must be tremendously hard to work on the chemo floor cause its so hard on most patients, but they make it much easier to take. Thank you nurses and staff at Kaiser Pan City on 6E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My sister Mary is going home today, she's still not over the flu so I'm praying that her flight home will be good. I finally got my platelets at about 2am so I should be fine with platelets until at least Sat. So long for now. GOD IS GOOD, ALL THE TIME. ALL THE TIME GOD IS GOOD