BMB and GRAD

Terry had a bone marrow biopsy at 8:00 Thursday morning and the dreaded procedure went quite well for what it is.   It was one of the easiest he's had, but remember that doesn't mean it was painless, just not as difficult as some have been.  That was a tender mercy!

We went straight from the biopsy to the third floor for a blood transfusion where Terry received a bag of platelets and two units of red blood cells.  We got out of there shortly after 5:00pm ..., happy to leave that bed and hard chair behind - two out of three days on those things makes a body ache too much. 

They took blood for labs, but we didn't get to see the results and they aren't on MyChart yet, so we don't know anything that way, except that his calcium levels continue to drop.  That's strange and curious at the same time.  It doesn't seem to be alarming, just something I've been noticing the last few weeks.


When we got home we had some special visitors - my mom and dad were here!   It was really good to see them!

My dad had a project in mind, which was working on the swings, but he quickly switched gears and helped Anthony fix a broken lawn mower.  (Actually, I was instructed to go to bed, so I'm not sure if they got it working last night or not. If you see the lawn mowed when you come today for BJo's grad luncheon/dinner then you'll know it got fixed.  If it's still tall grass then you'll know we might be in the market for a new part or a new lawn mower.  :)

 

 We had another project in the front yard ... but you'll have to wait to see what it is.

 

Now ... on to graduation!      Today is the day!  
BJo will officially be a high school graduate by the end of the night.  Where has the time gone?

This is the view I had at the kitchen window this morning, welcoming the new day!  It was beautiful.  We are hoping for beautiful weather tonight!