Eli's Girl

Thank you GOD! I have to give credit when credit is due and after Tuesday's visit, I am truly grateful. Dr. B came in to give Eli his numbers and told him that for his blood numbers to be as high as they are right now is truly remarkable. Eli's platlet count jumped from 70,000 last week to 132,000 this week. To almost double in a week is almost unheard of. The doc said that under most circumstances a doctor would release a patient to do whatever he wanted, but he still wants to keep an eye on hime. We'll see him again once next week and if all looks well we'll start seeing him about once every 3 weeks. Elijah is still feeling great. He's still working out and I let him attend a business meeting yesterday so he's getting back into the swing of things. I even gave him his car keys back. Since he's not on any pain medication there was really no need to keep them hidden, I can slowly loosen the reins. It's reflective in his test numbers that his immune system is rebuilding itself and we are just pleased as punch.

My dad will be leaving this Saturday (boo-hoo). He has been so helpful. I actually had to apologize to him for having stay two weeks post transplant since there wasn't much that needed to be done after Elijah's positive response. We all spent some quality time together though, something that we will treasure and appreciate so much more now.

I'm not going to keep you too much longer because I'm sleepy. I just ask that you still continue to pray for Elijah's progress and speedy recovery, but also please pray for Cecilia Romanski (the wife of Eli's trainer from the Raiders) who underwent her stem cell transplant a few days after Elijah. Please pray that she rebounds from her transplant and that her numbers rise and for her family's strength.

Thank you so much for your support family!
Love ya and I'll be in touch soon!
Kimberly