My leukemia's back.

[N F C]

Morning Rachel,
Get through the biopsy however you need to, we're all here pulling and praying for you. As far as who is in charge, this little thing was a good reminder to me:


That was good news about your cuckoo Marans! Congratulations on a 'shoe leather' brown egg and here's to dozens more!

 

[sourland]

on the count and

on the biopsy.

 

[lazy gardener]

Congrats on the Maran's egg, and looking forward to those olive egger sex links. I have green egger sex links, pea combs, and love that combination. After the fact, it won't matter how that biopsy was done, with or without sedation! Just praying for good results on the biopsy. Get well quickly, so you can get home to your family, and start that breeding program!

 

[EastTXChickens]

Sending very best wishes to from Texas. Way back when I was an Onc Nurse. Let me assure you the nurses fight to take care of you every shift change. You're a wonderful lady and I'll be cheering and praying and thinking of and for you.

 

[mightymax]

Couldn't they give you something like propofol or verset (I think that brand name has been discontinued) or something like that? They're kind of like a hypnotic, take you to lala land but don't put you completely under. I know they use them in rectal procedures and they must work because NOBODY wants to remember one of those !!! Just a thought...
Take Care!
-kim-

 

[donrae]

I've been getting the biopsies done under Propofol the last few times, after my pretty much horrible experience. But, they can't give that at the bedside, it has to be in the special unit with an Anesthologist, etc. That's the kicker, that unit is scheduled out a while.

But, things are good this morning. Count is up to 390, so pretty sure I'm going home tomorrow

. I'll just come back Wed for the biopsy under sedation. Leaving tomorrow or even Monday will give me 2 full weeks at home, so I'm not so worried about spending one of them driving up and back. Platelets are recovering nicely also. I'm getting a unit of red cells, they've been flirting near the transfusion number for a few days and finally made that last little drop. Means I'll be tanked up to go home and hopefully won't need to be transfused while I'm home.

Sending very best wishes to from Texas. Way back when I was an Onc Nurse. Let me assure you the nurses fight to take care of you every shift change. You're a wonderful lady and I'll be cheering and praying and thinking of and for you.

It's so funny you mention this....I do have a few that always try to get me as a patient

. Thing is, especially as stable as I am now, they give me to the float pool nurse, or the newer nurse who isn't chemo certified yet, things like that. I finally got my sweet nurse Annie back yesterday and she told the doctors I needed a mental health outing....I masked up and we went down to the balcony for a while. I really, really try not to think about the fact I've not had fresh air in a month, so it was very nice to get out for a while! The nurses here are absolutely wonderful and a great team. My gift to them is written on the white board in my room, they have a section for patient's goals. My goal since admit has been "be the most uneventful patient on the unit"

. Seriously, no one wants to be the patient a doctor finds interesting and needs to spend a lot of time on!

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope you have the very best Christmas and beyond - nice people(you) attract the attention of nice nurses. Hope you enjoy your outing today.

 

[3goodeggs]

Yes!

Stay nice and boring at the hospital.
Dull.
Uneventful even.
Home for Christmas. YEA!!!!!
Drive safely.

(Your bed probably missed you.)

 

[donrae]

So, made it home yesterday with a count of 550. Trying to adjust to being back home and spend time with my guys, and my dogs. Thank you all so much for your support!

 

[sumi]

Wonderful news Rachel

Enjoy your time with your family.