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WOW! RESULTS ARE BACK AND THE DOCTORS ARE BEYOND IMPRESSED! HYPOCELLULAR NUMBERS ARE DOUBLE FROM LAST YEARS BONE MARROW ASPIRATION ALONG WITH NUTRAPENIA. WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN???
WELL- THE DOCTORS COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW WELL THE RESULTS WERE FROM THE BMA OR THE BLOOD DRAW WE HAD YESTERDAY. TREVOR’S PLATELET COUNT IS UP TO 152,000!!! THAT IS IN THE NORMAL RANGE FOR PEOPLE! EVEN HIS WHITE AND RED BLOOD COUNTS ARE IN THE HIGH NORMAL RANGE. WE ARE GOING TO START TO WEAN HIM OFF OF HIS MEDS AFTER COLD AND FLU SEASON AND HOPEFULLY HIS NUMBERS WILL STAY HIGH, IF NOT CONTINUE TO CLIMB!
NEEDLESS TO SAY- WE ARE DEFINATELY DOING THE HAPPY DANCE AROUND THE NORBY HOUSEHOLD.
MAY YOUR 2010 START LIKE A BANG LIKE OURS…..
ALL OUR LOVE AND ANOTHER UPDATE NEXT MONTH!
DAWN AND CREW
WELL- WE HAD THE BONE MARROW ASPIRATION PROCEDURE LAST FRIDAY. TREVOR WAS A TROOPER, AND ONLY A BIT SORE COMING OUT OF THE MEDS. ONE TYLENOL AND HE WAS AS GOOD AS NEW. A BIT SORE ON SATURDAY BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE PAR FOR THE COURSE AS HE IS USUALLY SORE THE DAY AFTER. NOTHING TO KEEP HIM DOWN AS HE PLAYED 18 HOLES OF GOLF WITH DAD ON SUNDAY. WE ARE WINDING DOWN THE FINAL DAYS OF SCHOOL FOR 2009 AND ARE DOING OUR BEST TO GET READY FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. WE ARE PLANNING OUR ANNUAL TRIP TO PRESCOTT, AZ FOR NEW YEARS TO SEE NANA AND POPA AND HOPEFULLY LOTS OF SNOW. MAY TRY TO HIT THE GRAND CANYON WHILE WE ARE THERE TOO. WE WON’T BE GETTING RESULTS BACK FOR A FEW WEEKS ON HIS BMA BUT I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW AS SOON AS WE HEAR SOMETHING.
MAY YOU ALL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A TERRIFICALLY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
ALL OUR LOVE-
DAWN AND CREW
WOW! ALREADY 3 YEARS HAVE PAST. TODAY- 3 YEARS AGO, WE WERE INFORMED OUR SON HAD IDIO-PATHIC APLASTIC ANEMIA. MANY HOSPITAL VISITS, STAYS, BLOOD AND PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS AND TREATMENTS LATER, HERE WE ARE. LOOKING AT TREVOR ONE WOULD NEVER GUESS ALL HE HAS BEEN THROUGH WITH THE TWICE MONTHLY BLOOD DRAWS, HIS COUNTLESS HOURS OF VOLUNTEERING HIS TIME TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON HIS DISEASE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DONATING BLOOD AND REGISTERING THEIR BONE MARROW. TED AND I ARE SO PROUD OF HIM AND HOW STRONG HE HAS BECOME THROUGH THIS. HE IS FACING HIS ANNUAL BONE MARROW ASPIRATION THIS WEEK, FRIDAY MORNING, AGAIN THE SCARED CHILD GOES UNDER THE DRILL FOR THIS DISEASE. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT HIS MARROW IS CONTINUING TO GROW STRONER AND WILL ONE DAY BE WEANED OFF OF ALL THE CYCLOSPORINE MEDICATION. SCHOOL IS GOING GOOD FOR HIM, CHALLENGING BUT HE SEEMS TO ENJOY HIS TEACHERS AND IS MAKING NEW FRIENDS. DREW IS DOING AWESOME IN BASEBALL AS WELL AS SCHOOL AND HAS DECIDED CHORUS IS STILL A BLAST! TED LOVES HIS NEW JOB AT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AND IS GETTING IN TO THE GROOVE OF THINGS. WE ARE JUST HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AROUND ON SUNDAY’S. THANKSGIVING WAS GREAT AND KEITH AND SYLVIA WERE ABLE TO JOIN US FROM PRESCOTT. WE ARE PLANNING OUR ANNUAL TRIP THERE FOR NEW YEARS AND ARE HOPING FOR SOME SNOW FALL AGAIN. I AM STILL ENJOYING BEING AT SAN ELIJO MIDDLE. MY SECOND YEAR THERE AND IT SEEMS TO BE FLYING BY SO QUICKLY. I WILL UPDATE EVERYONE AS SOON AS WE KNOW HOW THE RESULTS FROM THE BMA. ALL OUR LOVE AND MAY YOU ALL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS WITH THE ONES YOU LOVE.
DAWN AND CREW
WELL- WHAT AN AWESOME SUMMER WE HAVE HAD. TOO FAST, NEVER SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH TIME OR MONEY TO DO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO BUT DID ENJOY IT! THE BOYS WERE AMAZING! TREVOR, AFTER PLAYING FOR THE BONE MARROW FOUNDATION IN JUNE, HAS DECIDED TO HANG UP HIS GLOVE AND BAT. HE DECIDED TO REPLACE THEM WITH A SET OF GOLF CLUBS FOR A YEAR, (OR SO). WITH HIS NEW FOUND ADMIRATION OF GOLF, ALWAYS THERE, JUST COVERED IT WITH FIELD DIRT FROM BASEBALL, HE HAS BEEN PLAYING EVERY DAY WE LET HIM.
WITH HIS NUMBERS CONTINUING TO CLIMB BI-WEEKLY TO NEW TIME HIGH’S, I AM DIFINATELY IN FAVOR OF GOLF. NO CONTACT, EXERCISE, AND NEW FRIENDS! TOURNAMENTS ARE A NEW THING FOR ME SO i AM LEARNING HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH THAT ALONG WITH COPING AS BEING THE TEAM MOM FOR DREW’S 10U FLYER’S BASEBALL TEAM.
TED IS ENJOYING IS NEW JOB WITH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. KEEPING BUSY LEARNING NEW SYSTEMS, INVOLVED IN MEETINGS NOW, STILL GIVING PRIVATES ON SATURDAYS AND COACHING THE FLYER’S FOR DREW.
I AM ALMOST FULLY RECOVERED FROM MY HYSTERACTOMY THAT I HAD ON AUGUST 17TH. FEELING BETTER EACH DAY AND WENT BACK TO WORK THURSDAY.
SCHOOL STARTS MONDAY. TREVOR, NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT, AS USUAL AND DREW IS VERY EXCITED ESPECIALLY SINCE WE FOUND OUT HE HAS VIKI STEWART AS HIS TEACHER. BACK TO A ROUTINE, NOT HALF BAD, BUT AS SOON AS WE GET USED TO IT, NEXT SUMMER WILL BE FAST APPROACHING.
I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU ALL POSTED. WITH TREVOR’S NUMBERS CLIMBING, 138 THIS PAST DRAW, WE WILL HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO HAVE ENCOURAGING NEWS.
HAPPY FALL!
ALL OUR LOVE-
DAWN AND CREW
TREVOR NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE US! HIS NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE AT AN ALL NEW HIGH OF 135K FOR HIS PLATELET COUNT! 150K IS THE AVERAGE LOW NUMBER FOR EVERYONE SO TREVOR IS ONLY 15K AWAY FROM BEING IN THE NORMAL RANGE! WHAT A GREAT WAY TO WIND DOWN OUR SUMMER! HE SEEMS ENERGETIC, EAGER TO START PLAYING BASEBALL WITH THE FLYERS AND HAD A GREAT TIME LAST WEEK FILLING IN FOR A TEAM THAT TRAVELED TO SO. CAL. FOR A WORLD SERIES. TREVOR HELPED THEIR TEAM BY FILLING IN FOR THEM AS THEY NEEDED PLAYERS. THE TEAM DID HORRIBLY BY NOT WINNING A SINGLE GAME THE ENTIRE WEEK BUT HE DID WELL AND HAD A GOOD TIME. WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND A DAY WITH THE GOODALE’S AT THE BEACH WHILE THEY WERE IN TOWN AND THAT WAS ENJOYABLE TOO. DILLON HAD HIS FOOT SURGERY ON THE 3RD. IT WENT MUCH BETTER THAN THE DOCTORS WERE PREDICTING AND NO SKIN GRAFT WAS NEEDED. WHAT A RELIEF! HE IS MAKING MORE PROGRESS EACH DAY AND IS HOBBLING ALONG ON HIS CRUTCHES VERY WELL. KEITH IS HAVING HIS BIRTHDAY THURSDAY AND WE WERE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND IT WITH THEM IN PRESCOTT BUT I AM NOT UP TO THE DRIVE BY MYSELF WITH MY BACK HURTING. TED IS ENJOYING HIS NEW JOB AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY GOLF ACADEMY AND IS FINDING IT CHALLENGING. DREW HAS BEEN PLAYING WITH HIS FLYERS TEAM IN SOME LOCAL TOURNAMENTS AND HAVING A BLAST. WE CONTINUE HIS TRAVELING WITH ONE MORE TOURNEY TO CHINO HILLS NEXT WEEKEND. THE BOYS GO BACK TO SCHOOL, (AND I GO BACK TO WORK) ON THE 31ST OF AUGUST. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MORE THAN THE BOYS BUT ONCE WE GET IN TO A ROUTINE, I AM SURE WE WILL ALL BE HAPPY. WELL- I AM OFF TO ENJOY A FAMILY DAY TODAY WITH TED BEING OFF EVERY SUNDAY, WE HAVE A GOOD TIME DOING THINGS WE NEVER WERE ABLE TO DO BEFORE. HAVE A GREAT REMAINING SUMMER AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR SUNBLOCK! DAWN AND CREW!