Just Slightly Crazy

The pain killers were beginning to get too strong for Ray giving him the feeling he was going crazy. Of course, this is not uncommon for these narcotics. He kept telling me, "I know I'm
going crazy, hearing and seeing things that aren't there. Stay right here and help me keep it all straight." Fortunately, that didn't last long and he's not needing as much now and has been able to back off on the amount.

Some more good news is that the white blood count is finally going up which will do more for healing the infections than the antibiotics can do for the body. That's how it was explained to us. His WBC improved quite a bit yesterday and is even better today! The platelet count is also much better.

The Dr. says this tells him that the bone marrow is recovering from the chemo. So where do we go from here? We're told that we DO need to let the bone marrow continue to recover some more, but at the same time we have to keep on the chemo regimen to prevent the leukemia from taking over. BLAH!! There's a fine line in there somewhere. We're hoping to hear something from the biopsy results today that would tell how the leukemia has responded to the chemo thus far.

Yesterday afternoon was his best few hours he'd had in a long time. To make it even better, he had some visitors that make the whole world better just by walking into the room. Thanks SOOO much Willie Faye, my Mom, Sisters Mary Michael and Mary Jude, the Cow from Chick-fil-a, Mary Lou, and Synthia! It was great!

We continue thanking God for all our dear family and friends that are truly a blessing to our family.

Love you all,
Kim