So far so good. Harriet's taking her daily doses of predisone. Today she goes in for her CAT scan appointment. Of course were hoping that when the results come back next week that everything will be okay.
That's all for today. I hope you have a great week.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
The Day after the Sixth Chemo
The sixth chemotherapy went pretty well. Got a late start and it was so slow. Didn't get home till about five p.m. Harriet Mentioned that quite a few people that were already being chemo -sized were in much more of a dire predicament than her situation. The lady to her right was in stage IV bone cancer.
After the chemotherapy, Harriet made the comment that she could feel the medication all the way from the top of her head down to her toes. Since I've never had this type of medication I have no idea but it is truly amazing that it makes such a huge impression/sensation in a person's body. Lord willing, this will be her last chemo.
Harriet gets a CAT scan on Wednesday and we should get the results back sometime the following week. Thank you so much for your prayers and support.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
After the chemotherapy, Harriet made the comment that she could feel the medication all the way from the top of her head down to her toes. Since I've never had this type of medication I have no idea but it is truly amazing that it makes such a huge impression/sensation in a person's body. Lord willing, this will be her last chemo.
Harriet gets a CAT scan on Wednesday and we should get the results back sometime the following week. Thank you so much for your prayers and support.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Monday, January 5, 2015
6th Chemo Today
Harriet had her blood test done yesterday and we got the results. These 3 shots that she received last week did the trick. Harriet will have her sixth chemotherapy this morning at about 11:30 AM. Unfortunately the shots also have very bad side effects (it seems like just about every medication has side effects). So she's having to deal with that.
I'm asking you to pray that, Lord willing, this is the last chemotherapy she will need. Then later on this week we will have the CAT scan.
I hope you have a great week, Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
I'm asking you to pray that, Lord willing, this is the last chemotherapy she will need. Then later on this week we will have the CAT scan.
I hope you have a great week, Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Sunday, January 4, 2015
1st Sunday 2015
Today Harriet gets her blood test and hopefully the white blood cell count will be high enough for her to have her chemotherapy tomorrow morning.
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24
I hope that you'll be giving thanks today in the house the Lord! God bless you and thank you for your continued prayerful support.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24
I hope that you'll be giving thanks today in the house the Lord! God bless you and thank you for your continued prayerful support.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Saturday, January 3, 2015
1st Saturday in 2015
The good news is that Harriet got the call and she has a chemo appointment scheduled for Monday at 11:30 AM. They had scheduled her for 9 AM, but bumped her for an emergency. This means that she won't be getting out of there till late afternoon.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Harriet will have her blood test on Sunday and hopefully the white blood cell count will high enough so that she can have her chemotherapy on Monday. Again hopefully, it will be the last one. Then later on in the week she's going to have a CAT scan. It takes 5 business days to get the results from the CAT scan.
God bless you and Maranatha!
Frank and Harriet
Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Harriet will have her blood test on Sunday and hopefully the white blood cell count will high enough so that she can have her chemotherapy on Monday. Again hopefully, it will be the last one. Then later on in the week she's going to have a CAT scan. It takes 5 business days to get the results from the CAT scan.
God bless you and Maranatha!
Frank and Harriet
Friday, January 2, 2015
1st Friday 2015
Harriet gets her 3rd shot this week at Kaiser. They said it's going to be busy down there because of the holidays. Here's the thing, she's not received the scheduled appointment for this coming Monday and they said if she has not received the call by noon today to call an 800 number. Of course we are hoping for an appointment Monday morning so she can have her 6th chemotherapy. I appreciate you praying to this end.
I was thinking about it this morning and reflecting over the past 4 months. We really didn't have any idea how close Harriet was to death back in August. I know a lot of our friends suggested alternative holistic methods of treating cancer. I must tell you that I'm all for it. Unfortunately when you're in the 9th inning and there isn't a whole lot of time to use the trial and error method for healing. It's time to bring out the big guns, which is chemotherapy. I don't like it, but I'm glad we went this route. Chemotherapy kills. Chemotherapy is a poison that kills the good, the bad and the ugly. Unfortunately there's a lot of side effects, but it seems to get the job done. We have a lot of friends, (a lot more than I realized) that have gone through chemotherapy over the past 20 years and have survived to live a productive life.
So our prayer is that the shots raise Harriet's white blood cell count to an appropriate level and that she's able to get that 6th appointment this coming Monday.
God bless you and thank you for sticking with us through this trial.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
I was thinking about it this morning and reflecting over the past 4 months. We really didn't have any idea how close Harriet was to death back in August. I know a lot of our friends suggested alternative holistic methods of treating cancer. I must tell you that I'm all for it. Unfortunately when you're in the 9th inning and there isn't a whole lot of time to use the trial and error method for healing. It's time to bring out the big guns, which is chemotherapy. I don't like it, but I'm glad we went this route. Chemotherapy kills. Chemotherapy is a poison that kills the good, the bad and the ugly. Unfortunately there's a lot of side effects, but it seems to get the job done. We have a lot of friends, (a lot more than I realized) that have gone through chemotherapy over the past 20 years and have survived to live a productive life.
So our prayer is that the shots raise Harriet's white blood cell count to an appropriate level and that she's able to get that 6th appointment this coming Monday.
God bless you and thank you for sticking with us through this trial.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Thursday, January 1, 2015
11,114
Happy New Year everybody! 11,114 views of Harriet's blog posts which have been 120 blog posts. I told you it was difficult to find a new title each day for these blog posts. So now they're going to get really weird.
Harriet got her 2nd shot yesterday and is resting. Lord willing she will get her 3rd shot on Friday. They said it's can be extremely busy at Kaiser due to the holidays.
So, let's talk about you. What are your New Year's resolutions? You know I preached on this last Sunday and I've received a good response by people who have decided to make a change in their life for this year 2015. Speaking of 2015, you know I remember when I was going to high school and they said by the year 2000 we're supposed to have cars that would drive themselves and we were supposed to have colonies on the moon, whatever happened to that?
Anyway, back to New Year's resolutions. Have you made any commitments? Let me know or if you want to share it on the blog with everybody else that's cool. My New Year's resolution is to not drink anymore Mountain Dew. I realize that this does not carry a huge spiritual impact on my life, but hopefully it will make it impact on my waistline. I was going to cut back on roll tacos with guacamole, but my friend talk me out of it. Paul said let's not go overboard. Actually I don't eat it that often. But, Mountain Dew is a real thorn in the flesh if you get my drift?
Discipline is the bedrock of good character! I think if we look at an area of our lives that we are undisciplined in, I think that is the area that we need to work on. To bring it under control so to speak as Paul the apostle would say.
Well that's it for today, I hope you have a wonderful new year and God bless you!
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Harriet got her 2nd shot yesterday and is resting. Lord willing she will get her 3rd shot on Friday. They said it's can be extremely busy at Kaiser due to the holidays.
So, let's talk about you. What are your New Year's resolutions? You know I preached on this last Sunday and I've received a good response by people who have decided to make a change in their life for this year 2015. Speaking of 2015, you know I remember when I was going to high school and they said by the year 2000 we're supposed to have cars that would drive themselves and we were supposed to have colonies on the moon, whatever happened to that?
Anyway, back to New Year's resolutions. Have you made any commitments? Let me know or if you want to share it on the blog with everybody else that's cool. My New Year's resolution is to not drink anymore Mountain Dew. I realize that this does not carry a huge spiritual impact on my life, but hopefully it will make it impact on my waistline. I was going to cut back on roll tacos with guacamole, but my friend talk me out of it. Paul said let's not go overboard. Actually I don't eat it that often. But, Mountain Dew is a real thorn in the flesh if you get my drift?
Discipline is the bedrock of good character! I think if we look at an area of our lives that we are undisciplined in, I think that is the area that we need to work on. To bring it under control so to speak as Paul the apostle would say.
Well that's it for today, I hope you have a wonderful new year and God bless you!
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
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