Mission, Medical and More:

Mission:
Michael has been transferred to a new area that just opened up. He is now on a volcano. They just had a church Helping Hands activity where they cleaned up the ash that is all around the church and hospital (and a few other places). It felt good to put on the service vest and get to work - doing real physical labor. The people in the ward and area are very kind and he can feel their love for the missionaries. His companion is great, Elder Saunders from Kaysville Utah. It sounds so close to home huh? Anybody know him? :)
He's only got one transfer left before he meets the plane to the US! :) We aren't counting days yet because that just makes it too long, but we do know that it is less than 3 months.

Chase only has 2 months until he leaves for his service mission in Nauvoo. This is going to be a busy year - again! :)

Medical:
Terry's doctor visit was rather boring. We hurry to get there, wait for a few minutes to get his blood drawn. Wait for about 45 minutes to get the results and see the doctor. Even the results hardly seem worth waiting for, but they do have to be done so that we can know where he is at with his counts. Doctor was hoping that maybe we could finally start having our visits two weeks apart, but the counts are still off enough that she wants to keep it at a week until they improve.

The one good thing is that Terry's glucose levels are down to normal today (at 93). They were a bit high the last two times (I don't have last weeks count, but the week before was 166). We were blaming it on eating lunch just before our appointment. We think we are right, but who knows?!?!?!
WBC = 2.8 (L) down from 3.3 last week. This count was a main reason we are keeping our appointments on a weekly basis.
Platelets = 86 (L) just maintaining. Normal is 150-400.
Neutrophils = 1.12 (L) down from 1.9
I didn't get the RBC, but the HCT was 32.6, which was up from 30.4 last week, but both counts are still Low.

Potassium was a concern last week so he started taking supplements. That is helping, making that count in the normal range, but she wants him to keep taking them to keep him in that normal range, until further notice.

The ALT and AST numbers are about the same, still too high, so she is calling SCCA to make sure that they are aware of those and adding the right tests to our year check up, which, by the way, we still have no date for.

FYI: today is T-320 (if I counted right).

More:
We have seen some progress in the weather, which allows for progress in the fields and in the yard. The two fields by the house are planted - to wheat. The spring field work is not complete, but it has started and is looking good. The front yard garden boxes are cleaned out so that now I can see the tulip and daffodil plants sprouting without having to look through the dead weeds first. It looks so much better. Still so much to do though!