Well Alison has finally reach the point where here white blood cell are now zero. For the next week or so her bodys ability to fight off infection is non-existant. So we sit in her hospital room and wait it out. We can still walk around the hospital floor but our outside trips are over. Alison continues to walk for about for about 1-2 hours a day which is amazing.
We had two of our fellow patients die today. One of them I knew his wife we would taught daily about our spouses. Her husband came back to the hospital after completing his bone marrow transplant with an infection that he could not fight off. I had an opportunity to talked to her after his past away. She wanted to keep my spirits high telling me that my circumstances would be different. The bone marrow transplant flloor is like a little family each of us hoping success for each other. Hoping that all of our circumstance would end with success. At the same time we all become well aquainted with sorrow and grief and the possiblity of things not happening the way we would want.
At the same time life is so amazing. Several minutes after this event I heard the lullaby song play over the intercome signifying the birth of a new child at the hospital. Just like that the fragilities of life just hit you and you are thankful for each day you have with the people God has given you to love.
There is something to be hopeful of each day. It does take a conscious effort to not be consume by the things that are happening in your life. I think we often assume we are happy go lucky people completely naive to the fragility of our situation. On the contrary we make efforts everyday to focus on what gifts God has given us in our time of trial.
As always so many of you who read this blog are apart of the everyday miracles in our lives. We appreciate your prayers and sacrifice on our part. At this time we need prayers that Alison will stay free from infections and diseases for the next year but especially in the next 100 days.
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