A little update...

I hope I won't bore those of you who know this, but I'm just going to give you the run-through since my last update. My sister, Cathy, came to help out for three weeks in July and our hope was that by the time she left I would have the energy and stamina to be at home without anyone coming to help with the girls and such. The first part of the visit I was pretty tired consistently and definitely needed to stop and rest during the day. Part way into the visit when I'd gone to my doctors appointment in Atlanta my red blood count had dropped low enough that I needed a blood transfusion. This isn't a big deal (I've had several at this point) and hadn't had a transfusion since leaving the hospital in April. The day after my transfusion my energy levels were up and they continued to rise. By the time Cathy left I had driven from Atlanta to Greenville and did just fine. Laura came to visit and right after that we went to Alabama for a week to visit Amy & Joel, and Adam & Tiffany and the kids, we had a great time and had the bonus of getting to see Roy & Caroline Gray and Lee & Monica Clayton...we really enjoyed being out of town and not having it be for medical reasons and getting to visit some of our favorite people. The week we got home from AL, Addison began the first grade and she's enjoying being back in school. I really worried that I'd have a difficult time getting myself going let alone getting the girls up and at 'em every morning. My prayers were, once again, answered and I've been doing just fine...and so are the girls. My hair is growing very quickly and I've gained about fifteen pounds since my lowest weight...a very good thing as I wasn't looking or feeling very stable for a little while there. The test results from the long-term post-transplant tests were all the best possible outcome...and now I'm pretty much down to the long-term tests to verify nothing has changed. My trips to the doctor have decreased from once a week to, most recently, once a month and they should decrease again soon. All in all our family is doing well and I'm doing great, it's been quite a year but God continues to shower us with His blessings.