Sunday morning-BLESSED!

Deb is still sleeping...in her own bed! The old saying about a man's home being his castle is so true! It is so good to be home!!!! We are both so tired!

I titled this blog BLESSED because we are!

-Blessed because of our supportive friends,family,church,school,jobs,insurance,doctors,nurses,hotel staff,children,etc. The list goes on and on.
-We returned home and friends met us at the plane. A fuel angel refueled Gracie. The car was serviced and the AC was running. The house was cleaned.Clean sheets on the bed. The yard was neat. Food was scheduled in. An ice cold watermelon was in the fridge for Deb's supper.

Once again , Deb was 'pinked.'(a symbolic welcome another baby grand daughter outdoor decoration). We are so blessed!

So,thanks to all the angels out there looking after us! We so appreciate each and everyone of you!

We do not have a return date yet because the next round of treatment will be chemo cocktails with lots of testing. The treatment plan has to flow on a daily basis and in order, so the scheduler was looking for the needed tests and times so she could put together our return trip.We expect a call in the next few days.

Deb will be taking 'Bridging chemo' here at home until we return. Dex and thalidomide will be on the menu plus lots of meds. Twice weekly labs from our local doc and the hospital. So, even though we are home, treatment continues.

One of the eye-opening things Dr Barlogie showed us in the presentation last week was how the pet scan helps identify cancer in the body. The routine for Deb's pet scans has been to report to the test fasting. Drink a radioactive sweet drink (she says it tastes like a sweet Fanta Orange drink). Wait an hour for it to be absorbed throughout the body, then lie perfectly still on a cold metal table with the huge circular very noisy ring around your body.Did I mention it is cold? Deb says 'brrrrr'.

The part we had not seen until Dr Barlogie showed us was that the cancer cells are greedy and grab the sweet drink. The radioactive substance makes the cancer show up on the report screen. Although multiple myeloma usually starts in bone marrow, Dr Barlogie showed us pet scans of liver and brain invasion. The pet scans show the cancer cells as bright colors. Wow!

Hope each of you has a blessed day! To all my flying buds heading up to Oshkosh, fly safe!

Vern