Margaret had her blood work done and the numbers has improved. The doctor says that after her chemo on Friday and her Neulasta shot on Saturday to help her white blood count recover from the chemo then she can go home!
Her white blood count went to 4.1, her neutrophils were at 2.47 and her LDH went from 376 to 246 (122-222 is normal, getting closer). Her last antibiotic 'shot' was on Monday so her veins can rest a little while. They are also reducing her chemo to 50% of what she had last time since it really did a number on her blood counts. Hopefully the reduced chemo will be a little kinder on her, on the other hand a little while after the last chemo her stomach pains went away and haven't returned so maybe it was worth it to get rid of the pain.
They bring in the raptors this week so we will have to see the effect (or is it affect? Never kept that one straight) it will have on the crows. Some day when I have more time I will look at the picture I took of them at dusk and if it turned out I will post it. It really made me feel like Tippi Hedren (boy am I old) when they were flying around. I did remember to not look up, a good thing to remember in those situations.
Thanks all the good news I have for now!
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Praying she will keep improving and you all can go HOME!!! Love and hugs, Auntie
ReplyDeleteWhat EXCELLENT news! We are *delighted* by Margaret's wonderful progress. Thanks so much for sharing, Jim! :)
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing the photos of the birds.
(BTW, since you asked: "effect" is a noun, and "affect" is a verb, as a general rule.)
Great news...am fascinated by the crow thing. I've never seen one when we've been up there. Alfred Hitchcock would be thrilled. What a movie. I think of Bald Eagles when I am at Mayo. Can't wait til you are home....have lots of wonderful head coverings....
ReplyDeleteLove you both much,
Muriel and Steve
Oh "affect" is a verb meaning to have an influence such as it affects my love life.
"effect" would be a result of a situation.
So when he took the pill to affect their love life it had a great effect!
WOW! I finally caught up on the process and boy what a ride.All the details and extra fixings: crows, turkey, and weather, add to the blogging pleasure. Tell Margaret we miss her and hope you make it home this weekend. Off to potty the puppies;-)
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P.s. I struggle with those 2 words too!
Hi Margaret & Jim,
ReplyDeletePraying you get to go home this weekend! You'll rest better in your own bed :)
Continue to get better and stronger, think of you often!
Hugs,
Fran
update please.
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Great news about Margaret's return to Schaumburg. I continue to pray for you all each time I drive past the house.
ReplyDeleteAnd as an "old" English teacher, here's a trick I tell my students: "thE Effect". Effect when used as a noun can be preceded by an article (a, an, the). So if adding "the" in front of "effect" in one's sentence makes sense, then you want to use "effect." Affect is most often a verb, which is often an Action word, so the two "A's" match.
It gets tricky when you are using "affect" as a noun to mean a mood or facial expression: She had a gloomy affect. Psychologists use this a lot; the rest of us -- not so much. And you can use "effect" as a verb when it means "to accomplish" such as: The new law was meant to effect change in driving patterns. But these two uses are far less common than the noun (thE Effect) and verb (Affect / Action) ones. :-)
Grammatically yours, Carol Kennett