While it was a joy to not have to go to the hematologist today to get results of her biopsy, there was still some follow-up with her primary care physician concerning "inflammatory markers" in her blood work. The Dr took some more blood today to check on a couple more things with results anticipated in the next week. Nothing major, thankfully. She doesn't know why Amy had such a large lymph node but hopes that now that it's been removed there won't be anymore unexplained, random fevers. She called it the "psychotic lymph node." Amy's Dr is eager and hopeful that she'll be fine to go back to school once she fully recovers from the surgery this week and thinks any potential follow-up can wait till the trimester is over...UNLESS the fevers continue.
Today Amy was on her feet for awhile, but it quickly wore her out and she crashed as soon as we got back from the Dr. She tried to get off pain meds yesterday but soon realized that was a bit premature. Still, we're hopeful that each day will be better than the previous one, and our goal is to let her go back to school sometime next week. Her next class doesn't begin until 23 March, so time is on her side. She's a bit frustrated that she isn't bouncing back as quickly as she normally does, but I reminded her that except for her initial foot surgery in 2007, this one was way more invasive that the others. Her neck is quite swollen, but she's keeping an ice pack on it and that seems to help. Brian came home last night, and Phil is coming down from the campus tomorrow to spend the night, so she's a happy girl despite her discomfort. If you know her facebook or e-mail address, feel free to give her a pep talk. I'm sure she'd love to hear some words of encouragement.
On another note, we have good friends and family members going on mission trips to Haiti and the Dominican Republic this weekend, and I know they'd love all of the prayer support they can get. Gina, David, and Jordan are their names. Feel free to hit your knees for them as they become Christ in human flesh to the people who have been tragically affected by the recent earthquakes.
Laura is headed to Virginia with Ian tomorrow for spring break so he can introduce her to his extended family. And Bethany is gearing up for her spring break later this month...complete with more driver's education. There's always something! Much love and thanks again for your thoughts and prayers!
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