Good news abounds

Lots of great news today... For the last 5 days there have been no "blast cells" (leukemia cells) in Mom's pereferial(sp?) blood. Today the matched platelets arrived and the were matched by 97%. They began to transfuse them and by the time they hung the second bag her platelet count went from 11 thousand to 24 thousand and their goal is 30-50 thousand. She will receive two bags per day as needed. Her body, at this point, is no longer attacking the platelets. The last bag of chemo ran out this afternoon and Mom is still feeling great. So this brings her IV bag count down to two and she still has her hair. There are so many things still up in the air as far as what will be the next step, since she is doing so well they kind of have to figure it out as they go along. She continues to receive lots of visitors but is now wearing a face mask only as a precaution as she has now entered the "Nader" phase. This phase is where her immune systems are low and are subject to illness. So if you plan to stop by please make sure that you are not ill nor around anyone who is. She walks two to three times a day pushing her "Lizzie". (The pole with all the pumps and IV's) Dad also follows her pushing the oxygen tank which she has named "Ariel". I think the crazies are starting to set in because Dad is now singing amusing little "ditties" as they walk down the halls. There are so many wonderful nurses and staff members that are making this whole process much nicer to endure. You need only be in the room for a few moments to see what great care she is receiving.