Consolidation Treatment #3
While some are setting diet and exercise goals, my prayer this year is that I am able to walk out of this hospital in complete remission from acute myeloid leukemia. It is looking very good at this point, seeing that my last blood tests have shown ZERO leukemia! What a gift. We are still waiting on one more blood test that is a little more intricate in diagnosing this, but at this point, it looks like God has used the chemo to eradicate leukemia thus far. As hard as it was to come back, knowing that it’s working, gives me even more perseverance to keep doing this so that not one leukemia cell is left.
It was a difficult day yesterday, anticipating what was to come. Anticipating leaving my family yet again for a week, wishing I could just be home with them. Chemo is a nasty drug and can leave the body in rough shape; anticipating that again, is hard. Yesterday Mazy was having a rough morning and after asking if she was struggling with the idea of mommy having to leave again, the flood gates opened. I brought her onto my lap, held that sweet little girl, and we just cried together. It’s a lot. It’s a lot for a 7 year old to have to keep going through. She knows I come back not feeling great and won’t for a few weeks. Her experience as of late has been one of a mom with cancer and heart failure. As we sat and cried, we thought of things we could do together when I get home – things to look forward to. She sent me with one of her favorite stuffies too, to snuggle with of course. That girl has such a compassionate heart! Please continue to pray for her and Dan as he too, has to deal with the ups and downs of this all too! And has he takes care of everything on the home front while I’m gone.
I am almost 3/4 of the way through this and then I will have only one more round to go! As my doctor said, we hope that one day this is just a distant memory. That is what we pray, and yet God’s will be done.
So here’s to round 3 out of 4 of the consolidation treatments! The fight is on and can’t stop, won’t stop :). Sadly I am known on this cancer floor since I’ve been here so many times, but it is good to see familiar faces. Thankful for modern medicine and the ability to fight this and thankful for a place that is so well-versed in acute myeloid leukemia that this is just another day in their eyes.
Here we go! May God get all of the glory!
