Sandi's first appointment since she returned from her stem cell transplant is early tomorrow afternoon. It has been awhile since we made our way down to the offices of the cancer doctor at Medical City Dallas for blood work and an office visit, but, that is the plan for tomorrow afternoon. With her car dead in the parking lot, hopefully nothing will go wrong with my car and we can safely get there and back. We also hope the blood work news is good and she won't need any transfusions or infusions.
She continues to tire easily and have the chills and hard shakes after every meal. But, she has started getting a little color back and does not look anywhere as pale as she did when she came home a week ago Monday. She looks a lot better than she did.
One of the things the folks at Mayo really wanted her to do was walk a little bit each day. Not only does it do something to help strengthen her immune system, walking a little each day will hopefully start to strength her endurance. That should eventually help with future medical treatments assuming she can get back some strength and endurance. Weakness is a huge issue for her and probably plays a role in the post meal chills and shakes.
Today was the first day she felt strong enough to walk a little bit. With Scott at her side she went out for a little while this afternoon for a short walk within the complex. They were gone a little over a half an hour and kept it close and slow. It wore her down quite a bit, but she said it felt good and that she was glad she had tried to walk.
Her appointment is in the early afternoon tomorrow so with travel time and all that, I have no idea what time late tomorrow afternoon or evening we will be back. I will update sometime late tomorrow when I can.
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