Day Plus 17,18,19-Catching Up On Sleep

On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, after having slept about 2-3 hours per night my final week at the hospital, I found myself catching up on some much needed sleep. It helped that we had a nice plush king sized bed in our new apartment, not to mention a very comfortable couch. The weekend was pretty quiet, except for the loud bass-thumping music that someone decided to start playing at midnight on Friday night. We, as well as other neighbors I'm sure, ended up calling security, to complain about the music. It eventually stopped after 30 minutes. We found out it came from a party that a bunch of Facebook interns threw that night.

We had a few guests over the weekend. Rhonda came by to visit Saturday afternoon. Tay and Margaret also came by Sunday afternoon, bringing some bins and boxes full of supplies from our home. On Sunday, Becky made me some beefsteak and rice for dinner, a simple Filipino dish consisting of thinly cut beef, onions, soy sauce, and lemon. That definitely hit the spot for 3 or 4 meals.

On Monday, I went in for another appointment at the Cancer Center. We spoke with the nurse, she drew my blood and waited for the results, spoke with the nurse practitioner, and eventually spoke with the doctor. We continue to be amazed that my results, for the most part, continue to increase. Hemoglobin climbed to 10.6, after previously being 9.8 and 8.7 from the prior labs. No wonder I've been feeling good. More oxygen to my body. That's probably been the highest hemoglobin count that I've had since over a year ago when all this started. All I can say is that God is good!