Today was the second day of chemo and proving to be a bit harder than the first however, Valerie did wonderful and fought thru. Her platelet count was down to 18,000 (normal is 140,000) however the White Blood Cells were down to 95,000 (normal 10,000). She was a little nauseous and pretty tired but she still managed to take 2 walks around her floor and ate a pretty good amount. For those of you who do not know, Valerie is gluten-free and that is proving difficult with the hospital food but today they sent her a nutritionist and she created a protein milkshake that Valerie can have. YEAH! Milkshake was a big hit and gave her the strength for her second walk. She is showing some signs of Tuberlosis (sp?) which is when the WBC can bunch up trying to get out of the kidneys but the doctors feels it is manageable and not something to worry about now. Keep praying everyone, she can feel the peace and positive energy from all of the prayers and love. She is our little tiger my Mom says but my step-dad says she is the bunny from the Monty Python movies? I have no idea but all I know is she is tougher than I ever could be and it is because she knows she is loved!
Thank you for all the amazing pictures! I will give her the frame tomorrow and I just know she is going to freak!!!!
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