Recovery is moving along but taking the trip is no fun.The chemo is showing what it can do. Very weak,appitite gone,sore throat,but on the other hand it could be lots worse.Some people get the full load. No nauusa,no real mouth sores
I take antinausa medicine and it works.Also take varity of antibotics to ward off infection.White count is below 300 which means that my immune system does not exist.I have to wear a mask when I leave the room. This phase will go through Sun and they say things will improve.
No solid food..I'm surviving on Ensure. Service is good,no waiting for nurses. You ask for something and they get it immediately.They check in on you on a regular basis.
Thank for all your prayers and your interest.If you hve a question put it in a comment and I'll try to answer.
The Hospital address:W.Franklin Freeman,room E715,Emory Hospital,1364 Clifton Rd.,N.E.,Atlanta,Ga.30322.
Signing off for now.
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Hi Franklin and Aimee! I am so glad to see photos of you! Love the cap, Franklin. My prayers and thoughts are with youse guys. Don't know if anyone has told you that Debby Moss was admitted to Henry Medical on Monday. Transferred to St. Joseph's today for double by-pass surgery on Monday, the 19th. Her phone number in the hospital is 404-851-4712. I have been back at school for 7 days now and things are going well. The first couple of days were rough because I didn't know what the heck I was doing and the kids have had soooo many subs before Christmas. I like being back with some of the crowd and catching up on the "news".
Please know that I love you and pray for the very best that life has to offer you for the future.You are both so amazing in your approach to whatever life throws at you. If you ever want to talk my cell is 770-289-9501.
Susan and I were coming up to visit but she has had several weeks of pleuresy and was in the bed for 3 weeks.
Knock,Knock
Who's there?
Jamaica
Jamaica who?
Jamaica any new cell yet???
Sorry, couldn't resist a little hospital humor there? (Very Little!)
Love ya,
Gay
Dear Franklin and Aimee,
It may be slow but recovery is the operative word here. How wonderful to hear about your journey. The pictures are super. I hope that each day is better than the previous one. I'm sending courage, hope, love and prayers.
Thought I'd fill you in on my family's latest activities. Freeman, who will be 17 next month, is a junior at the Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville, SC. This is a public residential high school for juniors and seniors. He is studying saxophone, performs in the wind ensemble and chorus, in addition to his academic courses. In March he will be going to Prague, Salzberg, and Vienna on a performing tour with the music department. Next month we are going to New York for him to visit potential colleges...NYU and Bard, which is a small liberal arts college 90 minutes from NYC. Music is his passion! Wilson, age 12, is in 7th grade and Larry and I home school him. He is a soccer fanatic and also loves video games (too much I am afraid). He did a great job in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" at our church. His new school activity for this semester is a gardening course being taught at our botanical gardens. Larry and I mostly just try to keep up with him. I'm still teaching at USC and Larry still is doing free lance writing. The four of us had a wonderful trip to Paris and Munich last summer in connection with a presentation I was making at a conference. And the newest development for Larry and me: we have just joined a concert band for "seniors" (age 50+). I will be playing saxophone, which I played in high school but not since, and Larry will be playing my 45 year old clarinet, which he has never played. It should be a hoot!
Thanks for keeping the blog going. I really appreciate being able to be in touch with you both this way.
Love,
Miriam
Dear Franklin and Aimee;
We wanted to send you something that Virginia Querry sent us when we were going through hard times. I found it again in Jan Karon's "The Mitford Bedside Companion." Here goes
" Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow, the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace,
then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and say continually:
"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in Him and I am helped. He is not only with me...but in me... and I in Him".
St. Francis de Sales from a Continual Feast
Our prayers are with you.
Carey and Brer
Say did they change the rules that you can now get mail?
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