Good Day! (Family and Friends)

January 15, 2012

Carl and I woke up to the doctor coming to check in this morning. She came to tell us that his hemoglobin had increased to 8.4 WAHOO!! Today is going to be a good day! (goal is 13-17...Carl walked into the hospital with a 6.2 level, then before the first blood transfusion dipped down to 4.3 ... Scary, so the news of him breaking the 8 make was exciting news!)

Carl had lots of family with him today...
Father in-law (Darin)
Mother in-law (Cheryl)
Step-Father in-law (Danny)
Father (Carl sr.)
Step Mother (Pam)
Mother (Bonnie)
Future Step Father (Troy)
Aunt Cheryl
Uncle Kevin
Kaleb
Hayden
Aunt Kris
Grandma W
Grandpa W
Step-Sister (Chelsea)
Kyle

Had a wonderful visit with everyone, was able to walk around the block at our unit and ate a full meal for dinner. (First time all year). Sitting down with Carl tonight at talking about the day, he told me that today was a great day! If it was not for his spline hurting him today he would say he feels GREAT!

In fact, Carl had the best day of the year today health wise. It is so great to see how many people are part of our lives and to see the support system that we have. Not just with the people who come to see the two of us, but with the people who call us, comment on facebook, and have us in our prayers. I can honestly say we have people all over the US and parts of the world praying for health and recovery. We truely are blessed. We know that the road ahead will be long and hard, but we are ready and willing to move forward, hand in hand...ready to kick this thing in the butt!

(Tomorrow we should receive the last test that we have been waiting on.)