I want to do it again.

Home has been going well. I’m enjoying going on walks down the street (would never consider doing in scary Memphis), being in my own surroundings, and enjoying fall. I had a check-up last week at St. Jude and everything looks good, except my liver enzyme level has increased. For those who are curious, my ALT normally runs around 26, however, this time it was 211. To me, that jump is a critical level, but they said 500 was critical. STILL, I think that is a big jump, obviously something not normal for me. The cause of the increased level is unknown, because their are many factors which would cause it to increase. So, they’re just watching the trend in my labs and my clinical symptoms. I have an appt this week, so hopefully it will be lower. On a somewhat better note, my T /B cells are starting to come back with help with immunity and fighting viruses. My T cells are at 150 and I need 400 to be able to take my mask off in public and go off my low bacteria diet. However, 3 weeks ago, my T cells were 140, so their not exactly "running right up there".

After my appt. we spent a day with Melanie, Zach, and Aubs. Then, we went to Birmingham to visit Melissa and her family. We were their almost 24 hours, then headed back home because my aunt and uncle came to town. We took them all around town.

Wow, this is the most socialization and freedom I’ve had for a long time. It was great to see my family, get out of the house, and “cheat” by walking around downtown (even though I wore my mask.) BUT, you have to realize that I'm basically like an old lady due to my limitations- I stay home, go on walks, and drive around. It’s too risky for me to be out in public since its flu season and my bone marrow is equal to a premature. But baby, my week of “freedom” was fantastic. I want to do it again! I just keep telling myselft a couple more months of this and then I'm free forever!

(this was taken at the beginning of Sept. but we just got copies of it)