Back from Texas...

We are back from Texas. We were gone for 4 days last week and arrived home Thursday afternoon. It was a good visit we were able to see our friends the Clark family and visit which was so fun! We had all day testing and bone marrow biopsies, PET scan, CT scan and blood work starting at 5:30am. We finished up for the day around 2:30pm and went back to the hotel to let Eric sleep after such a long day and his hip sore from the bone marrow biopsy.

We meet with his doctors whom stated they are pleased with Eric's progress right now he is where they want him as far as his recovery goes. We asked them on purpose to not call us with the prelim results in a week and to wait for full 2 weeks to have all his final DNA test results back so what happened last time doesn't happen again. We do not want a week of pain and despair like last time from the pathologist reading the blood spears and bone marrow differently when the DNA results confirm the actual results. So we should have the results possibly next week sometime.

Eric has been still doing pretty good, about the same in energy. His main doctor- Dr. Hosing was a little shocked and taken back when she first saw Eric. She walked in the room and the very first thing she said was " Eric you are so skinny and lost more weight? Are you eating?" He really has done better he eats about a meal a day with a few snacks which has been good for him. We are surprised she said that cause he has actually gained back about 10 pounds since we came home in December but he stills is skinny but he looks stronger and not so weak. He feels better and has some of his muscles back in his legs and arms. He even started to work out a little bit the past few weeks on the treadmill, lifting light weights and arm bands strengthening. All in all he is doing pretty good. I am posting a picture of Eric with his main doctor Dr. Hosing. She is such a great doctor, very smart and loves Eric!

Eric's blood counts are ok still holding on... his White Cells did drop down to 3.1 but his Red Blood Cells are good still at the 3.84 and his hemoglobin at 12.3 so that is good. His platelets are holding on at 69 at least stable and not consistently dropping. All in all pretty good, the doctors feel he is doing good so they dropped his home health nurse will only come one day a week with us still going into his doctor office here at home on Friday's. So we are plugging along with Eric's recovery. I am so proud of him, he never complains and has his wonderful sense of humor that makes us all laugh. I am so grateful for him and for his donor who saved his life. I am grateful to our Heavenly Father for all our blessings and the gospel. What peace and comfort it brings to our lives.

I will continue to be so grateful to the Lord for allowing us more time and the blessings we have received. Austin is working on his Eagle project and it has been a project close to our hearts. He has chosen to collect donations, blankets, juices, water bottles, sprite's, crackers for 7 local chemo rooms to help the chemo patients through their difficult journey and treatment. He also will be passing out and educating others on how to become a bone marrow donor on the National Bone Marrow Registry List to save someones life- like his Dad's life was saved. Not many people know the process and how to even be a donor, we sure didn't until our journey. If we can help save someones life and brighten cancer patients than it makes everything all worth it. I am proud of him for deciding this project and wanting to make a difference. Isn't it amazing to see what good can come from trials?

What an amazing reward as a parent and mother to see your children get it, to see them understand how they can make a difference in someones life and to want to pay it forward!!