Fainting spells

Hello everyone, here’s the latest from Houston.

Jennifer had her bone marrow test last Monday and the results came in on Friday. She is still 100% clear of all Leukemia cells. No blasts, 100% in remission!!!!!!!!!!!! Mary has some STRONG CELLS!!!!

But, Jennifer is having headaches, stomach problems and she is now fainting 4 to 6 times a day. She started the fainting last Sunday and they have been getting worse in the past few days. The Doctors started to run some tests to find out what could be causing this. They did an EEG test of the brain and they are going to MRI of the head on Wednesday. So far, they have not found out what’s causing them. They have changed her medicines around thinking that it may help (but it has not). We are lucky that Mary has not dropped her yet, HA HA!!! We have now received a wheelchair to help Mary transport her to and from the hospital.

Back to GREAT news!…. Jennifer is rebuilding her platelets on her own. August 26th she received platelets and she been rebuilding since then. THIS IS HUGE on her path of recovery. Her white cells have been at 4800 to 5300 this week and the ANC is at 3600 to 4300. The numbers are great, we just have to stop the fainting!!!

Mary’s family in New Orleans are all OK!!!!! As most of you know the apartment that we are staying in is 1000 yards from the Astrodome. The apartment complex is a gated area and they upped security 24 hours a days and there are 500 extra police officers in the area. We feel safe in the apartment and Mary knows not to go out at night.

Thanks for all the prayers,,, THEY ARE WORKING!!! And GOD BLESS

note: the above entry is a copy originally posted on our ‘Caring Bridge’ website.