Early morning tomorrow....

Hello dear family and friends,
Well, it was by the grace of God that I got all my Christmas decorations up yesterday! Our home is now glorious with the spirit of Christmas! The kids were awesome helpers! It's up early but since Shawn will be having chemo when I normally do this, I wanted it done while things were relatively quiet here at home.

Tomorrow we go to JH for Shawn's LP. The time keeps creeping up. Now we have to be there at 7:30am which means, leave at 5:30am! UGH! Oh well. He has to get his bloodwork done again, as yesterdays tests showed his platelet count was at 54,000. If it goes below 50, 000 he has to get a transfusion and it could interfere with the LP getting done. (FYI normal platelet counts are between 150,000 and 450,000) So, today's prayer request is that his platelet count doesn't drop below 50,000 so he can receive his treatment tomorrow as scheduled!

Thanks to my mom who has been amazing about coming up early to get the kids on the bus for us! Love you mom!

After tomorrow our next trip is next week (day before Thanksgiving) for IV chemo. It's sort of sad to think he could feel horrible for Thanksgiving because in the 11 years we will have been married, he has always cooked the turkey with cornbread and sausage stuffing! He makes the best turkeys! And is quite proud of it! mmmmmmm

Speaking of, this Saturday will be our 11th wedding anniversary! Not sure how we will be celebrating but It's funny because a few years ago when I had to have unexpected surgery to remove a grapefruit size mass along with my uterus (not knowing if it was cancer or not until after the surgery, which thankfully it wasn't), we celebrated that anniversary picking up my CT prep kit and eating at Wendys! I am hoping this year is a little less exciting! ha ha

It's interesting how things work out. Last year I got to make one of Shawn's life long dreams come true for our 10 year anniversary. I sent he and Ryan along with one of his best friends and his son to a Pittsburg Steelers game. I am so glad I got to do that. It means more to me this year than it ever did!

Have a wonderful evening everyone!!
Love,
Jess

"For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior.He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoyce over you with joyful songs." Zephaniah 3:17