Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Getting on the "Road" of DI


Getting on the "Road" of DI
Originally uploaded by fireater.
Merging with traffic on a freeway always has been a hard thing for me to do. You're driving nice and slow, enjoying the scenery and all, and then you hit the on ramp. You hit the gas and faster and faster you go, accelerating towards a mass of fast moving cars at this crazy angle of attack, hopefully finding a spot at the end to fit your car into amongst them.

That's kind of how I feel to day. I'd rather take a country drive, a country drive on Sunday even to really slow things down .in a tractor. But nay, on to Denver we go, roadmap in hand, off to start DI.

So, yes the roadmap that you see in the image above is not your typical roadmap, but for us it is becoming more typical. Every phase of this treatment has its own "roadmap" to help us know what's coming up. This roadmap is a complete protocol of what Abby will be getting, and when, for all of the Delayed Intensification time frame, 59 days in all. As you can see from the top all patients must qualify for this phase with a certain ANC (immunity) count of 750 and a certain level of platelets. Yesterday Abby finally qualified since her ANC was 1600 but last week she was only at 200, that's why she couldn't start.

Well we've got to get going. down to Denver to get all of day 1's Meds. I can feel the car accelerating already:-).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

All our prayers are with Abby, you and Tiffany as the DI phase gets started! Prayers for protection and the healing power of Jesus! We know He is stronger than this cancer and He promises to always be near and faithful in our lives.......so we give Him glory and praise for He is good and loving, powerful and gentle and He loves Abby even more than we do!
He will heal her!
We also pray for protection in her little body that when this cancer is conquered that she is whole and healthly just as the Lord made her to be on 1-31-02!
Give her a big hug for me and I'll see you all in one week!
Lots of love & blessings, Mom/Nana

Anonymous said...

We are praying for Abby and all of you. I sure wish I could be there to help you guys. We all miss you and love you.

Love, Jenn, Cody, Sarah & Annalise
XOXOXOXOXOXO

Anonymous said...

We are praying for Abby and all of you. I sure wish I could be there to help you guys. We all miss you and love you.

Love, Jenn, Cody, Sarah & Annalise
XOXOXOXOXOXO

Anonymous said...

Tiffany, Mark, Abby and Anna, Tiff - it was so good to finally meet you in person at Denny's with your mom. I can't wait to meet Abby when she is as old as Greg and as beautiful! You know I continue to pray for you. D.I. "sucks", to use disgusting teenager vocabulary which in this case seems to be a most appropriate word! Sometimes during Greg's therapy we get all gunned up for an awful time, and it turns out to not be so bad. That is what I pray for. Most of all I pray that we all can continue to praise God for His omniscient divine plans for Abby's life. I pray we will continue to not doubt His plans for her hope and future - even at those very dark moments. "May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you." Ps. 34:22. That can be an amazing mental picture during those tough times - God's love resting on precious little Abby and in your hearts. God bless you - we are with you in prayer. Debbi Koeller