Cold and Wet! + Medical update....

We have been isolated to the hospital or house much of this spring and we have been hoping for warmer weather to get out of the house. My treatments seem to have affected my tolerance for cold. When outside I tend to want a heavier coat than I used to and inside I sometimes opt for a warm fleece. The April weather has not been good for my decreased tolerance of cold. Our weatherman has shared that this is the coldest and wettest April since 1956. We have even had several days of snow. Of course the spring skiers are happy but we are ready for warmer temperatures. We're tired of having to scrape the car windows many mornings when we leave for the clinic. Last weekend we had only our 3rd day this year of a day above 60 degrees! Then this week it was cool and rainy all week. The pictures included here were not taken in winter, they were snapped in April. It is not totally unheard of to have a snow in April but the lack of days above the 60 degree mark is very unusual.

Yesterday's doctor appointment brought good news: my white cell counts are headed up and we no longer have to make the daily 50+ mile round trip to the hospital outpatient clinic. That daily trip in rush hour traffic has not been fun! Today is our first day off since before the transplant and we are really enjoying the release time (kinda like having a snow day when you were a kid...or a teacher!). We will now go to the hospital 2 or 3 times a week for blood tests and appointments for the next month and a half or so. That sure is better than 7 days a week! I still need to be very careful about exposure to germs which means staying out of crowded public places and remain on the low bacteria diet which means no restaurants. I may be released from that restriction around mid-June, and will finally be off of regular monitoring and restrictions about mid-July, a date to look forward to! We will be posting more updates when we get news, !