May 8 Day 13

Hi everyone,
Today I feel even better than yesterday! My counts are up and climbing and my fill in doctor (mine's out of town) said that if I were his patient that he would probably send me home this Thursday or Friday. This shocked both Deb and I because they recommend that you do a deep cleaning of your house before a bone marrow transplant patient comes home. Well, we hadn't planned on getting out for another 2 or 3 weeks, so Deb is home deep cleaning! She is going to have a carpet cleaning company come out and do the carpets and couches and we need some work on our AC unit so they are all coming tomorrow! The only trouble I'm having right now is diahhrea but they say that might be around for a while and are trying to control it. I have been sleeping better and feel more rested. I feel like I have a lot of energy so today I went out into the halls and walked (I've been restricted to my room for about 2 weeks). I walked for about 15 minutes and was very tired so I came back to my room and layed down again, man am I weak! I've tried not to think about how long I've been in this time and when will I get out cause when I do it can drive me up the wall, so enough about that! LOL! I appreciate all the thoughts and prayers that all of you are sending and a great big "HELLO" to 'Ernie's Angels', all of you at LAUSD, all my friends wherever you are (people are praying for me all over the U.S.!), and mostly my family who have really been there for me! God bless you all!
IN HIS HANDS,
Ernie