Spoke with the doctor this morning.  He said that when the biopsy came back and they didn't find any signs of radical cancer cells but couldn't say Diana was in remission was because the chemo wiped out all the good cells too.  So we wait for the blood cell counts to come up.  Once that happens they do another biopsy.  If that biopsy shows no signs of cancer cells then they can say she is in remission.

On the up side, as of this morning Diana's counts really took a positive jump.  The two that we are reall watchhing are the WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT and the ANC COUNT.  Yesterday the WHITE count was .6 or 600.  This morning they are up to 1.1, or 1100!!!!!  YEAH! :)  The ANC yesterday was 50.  Today it is 140!!!  YEAH! :)

We are still hoping that she can come home for christmas.  Hopefuly tomorrow will show another big jump.

Still has an occasional fever, mostly at evening but they haven't been very high.

Spoke with the bone marrow transplant people this week also.  When they do the transplant she will be here at the hospital for 2 to 3 weeks.  We will have to clean the house BIG TIME before she can come home.  They said including cleaning the carpets.  She willl need to have someone with her 24 hours a day 7 days a week for 100 days, less however many days in the hospital.

There are blessings that we see each week, they are mostly small but anything in the positive direction is good and we will take that.

Thanks for all the prayers!

24 hours with no fevers!! Breakthrough.

Welcome to our journey!