Adamantine 
\ad-uh-MAN-teen\
Definition: adjective – meaning
-made of or having the quality of
adamant
-rigidly firm: unyielding
-resembling the diamond in hardness or
luster
Well, it won't be long until Santa harks at our door. I cancelled my cast iron order today. I ordered it almost three weeks ago and it hasn't shipped, yet. Soooooo, I have saved a lot of money. Now to see how long it takes my funds to get back into my account. And, it will give me a chance to better look into getting Jim that recliner I have looked at for two years.
We had wood delivered this morning at 7:30 a.m. This elderly gentleman backed his truck up our neighbors drive and he and Jim commenced to throwing the logs over the fence. I haven't seen him that active in a while. As he came back in to get ready for work (a trip to Russellville), I asked him if he got in a good work out. He was shirtless and raised his arms like he was a body builder. My heart was both overjoyed that he was able to throw the wood and saddened that his little arms look smaller than mine.
He is down to 175 lb. which is 30 lb. off his normal weight. His energy seems to be coming back up, but we are still having difficulty with his appetite. He did buy some ice cream yesterday for the apple pie I fixed Sunday. He ate one hot dog, which was actually a fried weinie sandwich on a hamburger bun because he forgot the hot dog buns. LOL
His labs are looking very good, except I had to increase his magnesium tablets to four a day instead of two. Plus, he got a bag of magnesium in clinic on Monday. I reminded him Sunday it was time to do a 24-hour urine bottle for Monday. He did that, but I also noticed he only had about 2 in. in the bottle when he left. I also noticed he hasn't been doing much liquid. He has had more root beer and Sprite, but those drinks are so harsh on one's kidneys. And, they are a sure fired trigger for kidney stones.
Sure enough, when he got to clinic he had to have a bag of fluid. They weren't happy about the urine collection. When he called to let me know he would be late because of it, I just replied, "I knew it!"
Although his platelets are down to 90, his WBC has zoomed up to 10.65. They were 8.60 last week and if you remember, they were 2.0 about five weeks ago. The high range is 9.50 so his babies are still making. His hemoglobin is sitting at 11.1 and if he is at 8.0, he gets a unit of blood. So that is staying up to a good level. His crap is minus 5... YAY
We have tried to get back into our day-to-day routines with Christmas approaching us. I remember just a couple of months ago while he was sick and we were lying in bed I told him I needed him around for Christmas. Now I think to 'myself' I hope he is around for next Christmas. It slays me to think those thoughts and I wonder if he thinks them, too. We just don't discuss those things because we know God is in control. ONWARD!
We won't be having a big Christmas and we have discussed not even decorating, but there are a few things we MUST put out in memory of my mother. We will be staying home and doing some small things. I have promised him I would fix meatballs for dinner and of course, I have to do dressing for my Baby Boy. Baby Boy will be doing deviled eggs and heavenly hash.
We have planned a Date Night tonight. Not at our usual place and not on the usual night, but with some of our Date Night kids. We haven't been able to do our weekly Date Night since June.
Please pray for us as he has his PET scan at 6:15 a.m. tomorrow with an MRI scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and another at 5:45 p.m. That doesn't include labs and a visit with the Data manager. We start over again on Friday morning with that dreaded bone marrow biopsy at 9:00 a.m. He will be able to sleep through that while I sit in those uncomfortable chairs in the waiting room while I prepare myself to load him up and cart him home afterward.
I will ask you to pray for us again on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. We have our follow-up appointment with Dr. Z. We will find out then if the chemo and stem cell transplant has been a success. I'm ready for this man to blossom out like the Michelin Man.
I blew leaves in the back yesterday and got 3/4 of the yard done. When Jim got home is was dark and I was still blowing. So, glad I have flood lights in the back. Just as I was going down the hill for another round, I ran out of gas and didn't have extra in my gas can. Bummer..... So, I plan to finish up on Friday as he is sleeping of anesthesia and before the rains come in on Saturday.
Good afternoon and Love -- Pepper
I didn't use the Word for the Day.... I forgot! Damn Old Age!
Well, it won't be long until Santa harks at our door. I cancelled my cast iron order today. I ordered it almost three weeks ago and it hasn't shipped, yet. Soooooo, I have saved a lot of money. Now to see how long it takes my funds to get back into my account. And, it will give me a chance to better look into getting Jim that recliner I have looked at for two years.
We had wood delivered this morning at 7:30 a.m. This elderly gentleman backed his truck up our neighbors drive and he and Jim commenced to throwing the logs over the fence. I haven't seen him that active in a while. As he came back in to get ready for work (a trip to Russellville), I asked him if he got in a good work out. He was shirtless and raised his arms like he was a body builder. My heart was both overjoyed that he was able to throw the wood and saddened that his little arms look smaller than mine.
He is down to 175 lb. which is 30 lb. off his normal weight. His energy seems to be coming back up, but we are still having difficulty with his appetite. He did buy some ice cream yesterday for the apple pie I fixed Sunday. He ate one hot dog, which was actually a fried weinie sandwich on a hamburger bun because he forgot the hot dog buns. LOL
His labs are looking very good, except I had to increase his magnesium tablets to four a day instead of two. Plus, he got a bag of magnesium in clinic on Monday. I reminded him Sunday it was time to do a 24-hour urine bottle for Monday. He did that, but I also noticed he only had about 2 in. in the bottle when he left. I also noticed he hasn't been doing much liquid. He has had more root beer and Sprite, but those drinks are so harsh on one's kidneys. And, they are a sure fired trigger for kidney stones.
Sure enough, when he got to clinic he had to have a bag of fluid. They weren't happy about the urine collection. When he called to let me know he would be late because of it, I just replied, "I knew it!"
Although his platelets are down to 90, his WBC has zoomed up to 10.65. They were 8.60 last week and if you remember, they were 2.0 about five weeks ago. The high range is 9.50 so his babies are still making. His hemoglobin is sitting at 11.1 and if he is at 8.0, he gets a unit of blood. So that is staying up to a good level. His crap is minus 5... YAY
We have tried to get back into our day-to-day routines with Christmas approaching us. I remember just a couple of months ago while he was sick and we were lying in bed I told him I needed him around for Christmas. Now I think to 'myself' I hope he is around for next Christmas. It slays me to think those thoughts and I wonder if he thinks them, too. We just don't discuss those things because we know God is in control. ONWARD!
We won't be having a big Christmas and we have discussed not even decorating, but there are a few things we MUST put out in memory of my mother. We will be staying home and doing some small things. I have promised him I would fix meatballs for dinner and of course, I have to do dressing for my Baby Boy. Baby Boy will be doing deviled eggs and heavenly hash.
We have planned a Date Night tonight. Not at our usual place and not on the usual night, but with some of our Date Night kids. We haven't been able to do our weekly Date Night since June.
Please pray for us as he has his PET scan at 6:15 a.m. tomorrow with an MRI scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and another at 5:45 p.m. That doesn't include labs and a visit with the Data manager. We start over again on Friday morning with that dreaded bone marrow biopsy at 9:00 a.m. He will be able to sleep through that while I sit in those uncomfortable chairs in the waiting room while I prepare myself to load him up and cart him home afterward.
I will ask you to pray for us again on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. We have our follow-up appointment with Dr. Z. We will find out then if the chemo and stem cell transplant has been a success. I'm ready for this man to blossom out like the Michelin Man.
I blew leaves in the back yesterday and got 3/4 of the yard done. When Jim got home is was dark and I was still blowing. So, glad I have flood lights in the back. Just as I was going down the hill for another round, I ran out of gas and didn't have extra in my gas can. Bummer..... So, I plan to finish up on Friday as he is sleeping of anesthesia and before the rains come in on Saturday.
Good afternoon and Love -- Pepper
I didn't use the Word for the Day.... I forgot! Damn Old Age!
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