December 21, 2010

Another day and more to be thankful for. We had a little scare this morning, after I left for work Mom had another seizure. Dad had just given Mom her medicine at 8:00 and at around 8:15 she started having a seizure. It lasted about 6 minutes and Dad called 911. By the time the ambulance had arrived she had settled down, but they transported her to Preston Memorial anyway. They ran some blood tests and by 10:30 were ready to release her. Dad thinks her dosage of medicine needed upped a little bit as she is getting a little anxious and that generally has been triggering her tremors. The doctor agreed. The blood tests showed that her platelets have increased to 17,000, which I largely attribute to the transfusion on Friday. Her white blood cell count had increased to 1.5 which is probably due to the injection on Friday.

This evening has been pretty restful for her. We've been well fed this evening with Tina's lasagna for dinner and Jessica provided dessert. Then later tonight we had more friends, Paul & Jenn, drop by and spend a couple hours visiting. Finally, we had a special treat of some wonderful carolers stop in to share their songs and cookies. Axle was unsure of their intentions and proceeded to bark and howl during their serenade. He's just not accustomed to have so many lovely ladies singing for him at the same time! We were again able to celebrate another day of life and friendship.

As this holiday season is upon us, let us not forget the reason for the season and the precious gift we have been given!