Day 65

35 days left in Seattle! Not too much is new the guys are down here for a couple days there were some technical difficulties regarding their arrivals but alls good now. Not much new on the medical side of things which is good. The family arrives Thursday or Friday for the holidays so that will be fun. Have a merry Christmas and I'll see everyone in the new year!!

Half time

51 days down 49 to go in Seattle. Officially over half way done my time in Seattle and all is going well. Nothing new and exciting to report since last time which is a good thing. Cody and zac are coming down the weekend after next then the fam arrives for Xmas so I'll need to rest up for that stretch. I guess there's one thing that changed I went from having a babe for a doctor to 2 guys. If she's reading this Raya come back!! Well until next time keep your stick on the ice. Janna that ones for you.

Peace

Day 45

Had a super American thanksgiving with my dads side of the family this past weekend so that was fun. The only thing hat could have made it better would of been the Bombers winning the grey cup, it would have made a heart warming story haha. I have been feeling pretty good getting back into the gym the last week so that feels good / kicks my ass. In general everything has been good out here, now there's a couple weeks to rest up for the Christmas push starting with the arrival of Zody Gobbs and Cac Hriffin!!!!

Nov. 19th

Haven't updated this in a while and I know my family is just itching to read something. Nothing much has be men going on had a good weekend with Josh last weekend and now excited for Janna to get here tomorrow for a couple days. One of those days is my big 22nd birthday on Monday woot woot!! Not exactly what I thought I'd be doing on my 22nd but I'll make the best of it. On the medical side of things nothing too much is new there's a couple little things going on with my platelets but the docs don't seem to worried about it so I'm not too worried about it. Oo for everyone texting me telling me how cold it is back in Saskatchewan, I will trade you the snow and cold for the rain and wind any day because it SUCKS!!! Well that's about all I'm counting down the days till American thanksgiving to see my dads family and Christmas to see my moms side. If there's any big news let me know and I'll make sure to do the same. Peace

Yesss!!!

Had a great day!! Curtis and Ian came down for a visit today which was awesome but sorry to say they just got overshadowed. My nurse just called and told me that my bone marrow biopsy came back today and the results looked great with no signs of leukemia and looks exactly how they want it too!!!!! Happiest I've felt in 6 months.

Day 26

Hip is sore from the bone marrow biopsy I had today. Now just waiting to hear the results which is making the time pass very slowly. Ian and Curtis are coming down tomorrow for the day to visit, then Josh gets here Friday for the weekend. I'm very excited to hang out with people under the age of 50. Not saying my parents aren't super duper cool but it's a bit much. 84 more days until I can return home and you can bet that I'll be counting them down on the calendar. Happy birthday Janna!!!

Nov 6th

Happy 20th birthday to my younger cousin Ian!! Also congratulation to dryks for getting the sportsman of the year award. I'm starting to feel better getting some strength back going for walks around the city. We have found some gorgeous areas around the city and I must say it's a place I could see myself visiting and spending some time in the future under better circumstances. Have some cousins coming to visit next weekend which I'm excited for and hopefully they bring a dusting of snow from the prairies!!

Day 21

21 days post transplant and going strong. Little things keep coming up but the docs and staff here seem to be calm and ready to handle anything. Makes me feel confident in them which is comforting. It's been a couple days since leaving the hospital and still waiting to see the sun, I'm actually missing the snow! This rain everyday seems to make me colder then a foot of snow. Slowly getting better day by day seeing little improvements, I know it won't all get better overnight but I'll take what I can get. Ive learns lots through this process but now being patient is the most important thing.

Getting out of there

I left the hospital today!! Makes you a little nervous after having a nurse a click away for the last month but it's exciting. I had a nap in a real bed with real blankets and a dark room. My counts have officially climbed back up into the normal range meaning the new cells have totally engrafted! Now I have 81 more days to be monitored here in the beautiful city of Seattle then get to return to the booming province of Saskatchewan and the -30 degree temperatures. Can't wait!!

Oct. 28th

Mouth is slowly starting to get better still can't eat or drink but should be able to in the next couple of days. The news of the day is that my counts are starting to come in with the new cells!! They have doubled from yesterday and should keep getting higher. Once they go up a bit more and my throat gets better I should get sent home. I'm hoping that's sometime early next week!

Day 10!

It's been ten days since the transplant! I'm still in the hospital because I've started to feel some side effects from the chemo and the big one is mouth pain. So for now I'm getting all my meds through iv and am also probably going to need liquid nutrition sometime in the near future. When I'm able to eat and take meds by mouth I'll be out if here and back at the apartment. It's been a really good experience here so fat the nurses and doctors are all super nice and more importantly know what the heck they are doing. I never thought I'd say this but I'm missing school even missing the midterms! I hope people are actually checking this blog out. Just want to let everyone know it's going really well and only 90 more days until I'm back in sask and enjoying the -30 degree weather!!

New cells! Oct. 14

Today is my new cell day / birthday!! Getting the cells in a matter of minutes!! The first step to a full recovery

Last day of chemo!

One more bag of chemo at 11 this morning to finish it up. New stem cells should arrive friday or Saturday! Still feeling ok just battling nausea but it's alright

Day 4 of chemo complete and only one more to go. Side effects are starting to kick in feeling a little rough. It's going to get worse before it gets better but that's fine with me. New stem cells in 3 days!!!

Starting chemo this morning in preparation for the transplant on the 14th. I have been convinced to start blogging this for family and friends to be able to keep up to date with what's going on. Knowing me I'll probably be mediocre at best when it coming to blogging but I'll give it a go.

Peace

Three days till take off

Three days till we take off the Seattle for the big transplant!!