Mothers Day and Stem cell update...

This year Mothers Day proved to be a bit different. We spent a quiet day at home after a busy day in Eugene on Saturday getting Mom's house ready to sell. Roy went down with us and we appreciated Gary and Anne coming over to assist as we finished the sorting, meaning lots of trips to the Goodwill Store to make donations. I was mostly in a supervisory and sorting capacity since I needed to sit a lot. We met with the realtor just before leaving Eugene and it should be listed now. We are hoping for quick and easy sale but realistically that has not been the recent history of house sales. We priced it aggressively, hoping to find a buyer. Sunday was Mother's day and it seemed like a laid back day most of the day. Brett came over for a visit and of course we had a few Skype calls from family. After dinner we were preparing to have some ice cream when we remembered it would be a good idea to take my temperature. It had spiked to 101 and instead of having ice cream we were packing for a trip to the emergency room. Upon arrival they started running blood and urine tests trying to find the source of what was causing the temperature. Brett followed us and stayed with us until after midnight. Then about 1:15 AM they decided to send us home as we had an appointment Monday morning at the outpatient clinic. Since I now am regaining my immune system my body is more able to fight small attacks. Monday morning came real early as we did not get home until 2 AM and had to hit the road about 7 AM. We slept a lot of the rest of Monday. We are glad we were not admitted to the hospital Sunday night! Monday blood tests showed counts are continuing to rise which is good news, The bone pain is something I wish would go away. It comes with stem cell transplant but it makes it very painful to stand or sit for very long, and my walking pace has really slowed down. We were told the pain should be going away soon. We sure hope so. I have a couple more posts almost ready and hopefully they will go up tomorrow, One is of Bertha's Memorial service and the other is local adventures.