Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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Sandra: I graduated in 66 as well, and I remember all the songs you listed. Thanks for the blast from the past.
As for sleeping.....I go to bed about 9:30, watch TV till about 11 and fall asleep listening to Chicago on the police scanner. (I tune in to broadcastify.com on my Kindle) I'm usually awake by 7am in the winter, 5:30 in the summer. It's 8:45 pm now and I'm sleepy.
It must have been a long day for you two. I'll bet Mike sleeps well tonight.
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hi guys it has been a while. I have been reading but just not posting. Have enjoyed all the posts and the peacocks are beautiful. You all have made me laugh and smile as I continue with rads. Getting tired but my dh and family are keeping me in line. (Haha) calling for snow here in tennessee and I am looking forward to the beautiful white stuff. Plan on riding tractor to rads that should be a blast to see! My beautiful granddaughter is growing like a weed and now laughing that lights up my heart! Anybody taken femara? Wanted to see about side effects. God bless - shuf
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Hi Ladies!......got the flu today, even though I HAD a flu shot, and will get go to go doc to get Tamiflu tomorrow at 11.....to make my day worse was my American Express card was HACKED by someone buying something at Walter Drake....but because I have a -0- dollar alert....I caught it with only one charge, and 2 additional charges ( At AT & T) happened when I was talking to AX.....I HATE dishonest people!
Sandra, Mike really has lost a lot of weight since we met him in Aug-Sept. ! I was wondering if his port was going to be in his chest or his arm, as I remembered Robin Roberts had a port in her arm and then people were sending her all different colors of port covers that she was wearing while she was still on the air.....but I think she got a port in her chest later. Her MDS was due to her treatment for her breast cancer years before.
My dad got a kit and made a stereo unit like the one pictured but decided against putting a TV in it, the center part had doors that was space for the records....My 96 year old mom still has it.
My 50 year H. S. reunion this summer at a hotel near SeaTac..... Hubby is 73....think he graduated in '59 in Thief River Falls HS
Getting the chills again.....brrrr.....At least my Mom is not pinning a wool sock around my neck with Ben Gay and throwing an extra Army blanket on me......little did she or I know that I was allergic to wool!
Di
A few more days Jackie!
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Di,
Sorry you are under the weather. This darn flu is running rampant, isn't it? Lots of children here are in the hospital with it. And what's happening with credit card hacking??? One of my daughters just had it happen to her yesterday.
Mike's 50th high school reunion is the end of July and he is so sad that he won't be able to make it. He and his old buddies had one heck of a long weekend planned.
Robin had a PICC line like I had for all my surgeries. The transplant doc told us Mike would have to get another port on the left side of his chest for the chemo assault that will obliterate his bone marrow a few days before the transplant. They give it so fast and need a very large line so the port won't work. Not sure why he won't get a PICC instead because I know those lines are very large. I'll have to ask the question. Other than having to keep the PICC sterile and have the dressing changed in a sterile environment every week, it seems like it would be a lot easier than getting another chest port. The port today is for all the blood draws and other meds he'll be getting in the next two or three months until he becomes an inpatient.
Shuf, where are you in Tennessee? Did I ask you before? Don't remember. (I blame it on my brain stem stroke instead of old age.) I was born in Knoxville and my dad was born in Nashville. I had relatives in both cities for years and years.
MagicBean, woo hoo! Another '66 girl! I was 17 and thought I knew it all. Mike slept most of the afternoon. Anesthesia really throws you for a loop. He hasn't taken any pain drugs. Says he feels fine. Tough guy.
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I didn't read all the posts yet, but half way.
Sandra this is so difficult for u and Mike and I pray it can settle down a bit. This disease is vicious I know and I hope u rest whenever u can. Even tho I'm not here believe me I pray or u 2.
Termite I can't remember al of it so Rita might pop in if I'm wrong
Can of peach pie filling----------small can of crushed pinapple crushed and drained--------can of condensed evaporated milk-----------1/2 cup o mini marshmallows, and an 8 ounce thing of cool whip---this is by memory so we all know what that means. But it's so darn easy and everyone loved it.
BTW Jackie I didn't notice any of my words of wisdom with all o u'r quotes, as u know I have many. 25 HOURS that's longer than a day--Oh u must have been exhausted. please don't overdo.
Carole I'm sorry u'r having a saddish time. Hope the sun shines quickly for u cuz that is not u'r personality.
Anne I can't keep up with u, u travel so much, it's tiring reading all u do, But I'm glad u'r able to.
Oh Chevy u will never catch up to all my frangances----It's not just bath and Body works for me--It's HSN and QVC--the shopping channels that I get the very very very best named products around from Sephora too.So there and keeping up with u'r posts is the easiest--u do about as much as I do. Let's face it
Blondie u sound better I hope u feel better. (HUGS)))
OK on to the next page.
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Hi again OK I finished wow--everyone is a talker--Good, that's how it should be.
Oh Sandra Mike looks so wiped out, I understand why/ Damn disease.
Oh I think it was the 4 Lads, but I don't remember the Kingston song, but I sure remember those times, I just don't remember yesterday--well I remember the song, just not the day.
OK Jackie I see u had some good sleep--so u kind of made up for it.
It's TGIF ladies, well for some it makes a difference. OK Chevy I know u do u'r busiest times on the weekends, that when the men are more plentiful, so it's still TGIF o u too.
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CAMMERS! Can you beLIEVE all that is going on with these guys? I mean first Sandra, with Mike... then Blondie, and now even SASS has issues!
And Di! Yes, you DO need that piece of wool, on your chest, and ben-gay or Vicks underneath it! And a T-shirt on top!! That's what holds it in place! I had that too... I think anybody over 50 knows about that "sure-cure" for the "bug"!
Janie got Tami-flu also for her bad case. But YOU got the shot? I just heard where that shot I got doesn't cover all the strains of flu! YOU must be one of those!
Cams, we are going to make these gals sick with our fragrances... You and I know it makes us even more lovelier and desireable, when we take showers and baths with 3 different bottles of scents... but there are THOSE that frown on our frivolity! SOME people have "issues" with tart-like gals like us.... They pretend it is our rather extensive use of fragrances that drive them crazy.... makes their nose have fits, etc.
So we have to put a damper on our saloon-type behavior from now on... WHERE do you get yours? You buy them ONLINE? I haven't tried that yet! You buy your weed online also?
Sandra, I'm sorry for Mike..... His beard and mustache are VERY nice! So who shaves him in the hospital? No Cammi, I ain't puttin' the moves on him, but even sick, he looks pretty good there! Just tell him to smile for these pictures.... okay?
We had one of those TV's... In the early 50's.... Before there was "color" TV... And before we could buy one, my Brother and I would walk down to the corner, and in this store window, there was a TV!!!!!!!!! And we would lay on their parking and watch TV! It was the most magical thing EVER!
Remember that piece of izing-glass we used to put on the glass screen? To make it look like color TV? But I still remember eating "supper" and listening to The Shadow, and Innersanctum" and The Red Skelton show!
So okay, you guys are thinking that I am at LEAST 100....! Close.... but not quite!
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Look what someone did with a vintage TV case!
Ours was more like this.... And we could replace the tubes in the back...
And do any of you remember THESE?
And we had "party-lines".... No Cammi, not what you are thinking... Our phone number was 0753... then GL was added, then GL5-0753... But at first, several homes were on the same "line" and sometimes the party-line was busy with another "party" and we had to wait until they were finished, before we could call someone.
I worked for the Phone Company...Mountain Bell, before it became AT&T... I started in 1955 when I was a Senior in HS... I worked on a board, of Long Distance Operaor's... I left when I was 8 months pregnant in 1958... right before Direct Distance Dialing went in...
This was taken in the 50's. I was only 18 when I started, and no, I didn't wear my hair like that THEN...Ha!
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Oh Chevy I don't think u'r 100, I know u are. But I remember too---I think that piece of screen was ordered from the Willie Winkle show, and I also remember everyone watching TV on the sidewalk and no one said move along. And of course our fragrances are our signature as I put it--Today I am peaches--u notice mine are a lot of fruit. When Joey was a baby and after I'd give him his bath I had my type of lotions and one u could use for babies so I bought it and he always smelled so good--It was from Perlier rom HSN but they had the best prices, it was always 1/2 of the store costs even with discounts so I could afford everything then.---oops there goes my phone
OK or another minute I remember those phones and our first number was 8159J and oh yes party lines, they were usually u'r neighbors and boy it was sometimes fun to listen.
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What? You mean you are "working?" Hah! Yes, I remember Jergens with that Almond scent! My Grand-son Chase always loved that too! But now we are more sophisticated. Remember Blue Waltz? And Evening in Paris? I mean we could hardly afford THOSE when we were young! And Chantilly, and White Shoulders?
We've been tramps all our lives! HaaaaaaaahaHaaaaaaaaa!
Our babies always smelled so good! And they loved when we put "their own" baby lotion on them...
And we would play outdoors AFTER DARK??? And run playing hide-and seek all over the neighborhood? And then we grew up, and SMOKED!????? We lived dangerously!
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Ah, it was fun with you this morning Cam! We could meet here EVERY morning! xoxoxoxo
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An optimist is the human personification of spring. ~ Susan J. Bissonette
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Ah such a great morning. So much posting and cutting up so we can feel some cheer for the blue spots. Of course Sandra and Mike as well as beautiful Blondie stay on everyone's mind -- we all keep trying to push out tons and tons of positive energies to you.
Then Di and that rotten flu. I think it wasn't long into the time period when we were all getting our flu shots that it was discovered that they didn't get the right combo for the mutations. Still, they did say I believe that though it wasn't QUITE right, we should all fare a little better for having gotten even the 'lessened' variety. That we would not get as sick but that more of us would have SOME flu to have to get through.
Doesn't seem fair, but I do know that they are actually guessing E VER Y year, and so most of the time we are ok. I sure hope the Tamiflu does the trick for you Di. What can you do --- stay warm and have some chicken soup, and of course hope they are right about having a lighter case of the flu.I sure enjoyed listening to Bill Haley and the Comets. Those nostalgia trips are delightful. I, ( along with many, many here I'm sure ) could dance for hours at a stretch. Some how most of it seemed to almost come natural to me. At that time though, I was thin and wiry --- and could I think move in any direction in pretty flamboyant fashion. Though on American Bandstand it seemed like boys were always dancing with the girls, at our local dances -- boys only wanted to dance the slow numbers. Hmmm, wonder why ??? And we girl-friends always jumped up, scurried to the dance floor and danced to our favorite fast dance numbers. Jitter buggin' on all of them while the boys talked amongst themselves and stole lots of long glances at the girls who always managed to throw a little extra wiggle in here or there.
I don't recall our number, but we had the party line phone. Also did the thing where we set the t.v. ( it was a perfect fit ) into our window and half the town was out in our front yard watching t.v. As kids, for a while our house was a very popular one since we were the first in town to actually have a t.v. in our home. My Dad went to one of the local taverns -- and totally fell in love with the whole concept of t.v. ownership. We were VERY poor then. Subsisted on mainly $70.00 per month, family of four. Mom took in ironing and picked strawberries in season and other things like that to fill in --- so Dad made a deal with the people that owned the tavern. They would buy the T.V. and give it to us right then and there --- and Dad would work every Sunday tending bar at the tavern till it was paid for. They shook hands ( which was how things were often done in those days ) and every Sunday for I don't even remember how long --- my Dad was tending bar to pay for that t.v. Later, of course, others started getting them but for the better part of a couple of summers -- our house seemed full all the time. Some times you can say those were the days and really feel some of it, or a lot of it.
Worked 9 hours yesterday but it seems as though things will end up ok, so I did sleep pretty well last night and will have a fairly normal day today -- so can't truly complain of much. Thank goodness -- I have been a really GOOD sleeper so I think I usually make up pretty well when I get out of what is my normal work mode and do a long stint now and then. I feel nearly normal already. I will work for awhile ( not real sure how long ) on Saturday night and will sure love the extra pay.
Thanks to Di's wonderful generosity -- I soon will be the recipient of a sunshine light for the price of mailing costs. I know -- I'm so whiney about the gray days that we have. When they come -- I can just feel myself sinking almost immediately -- I know those days will pass, but it is so hard ( thank goodness the feral cats depend on my bringing food ) to feel good and without feeling I had too I don't think I would venture out the door for most of anything as my mood is about half way to " hmmm, should I hang myself now or just take sleeping pills and sleep thru till the sun comes back". I don't think I'm too whiney about much of anything but that. I try not to hate anything --- all we go through to me are events to ( grow ) in some way through -- but with the gray days, I just continue to dislike so strongly and whine away.
That peach fluff -- drat -- I too wrote down the recipe to try and shame on me --- not sure where it is and obviously I let things get in the way of doing it. I'm usually so EAGER to do a new recipe. Just got to get that at the top of the list.
Ok, the big mouth will not climb down off the podium. See you all later.
Blessings,
Jackie
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Jackie, I had several clients who swore by tanning booths. Someone found out that the skin on the back of the knees is thin enough for the light to have an effect. I would never do a tanning booth, but it's an interesting concept. The gray affects me the same way. A week in Mexico will keep me OK for weeks afterward. Yay for Di sending you a light. Use it fairly early in the morning so it doesn't interfere with sleep at night. And you don't have to look at it. You can sit and read the paper with it on near you.
We had a party line phone in Houston in the 60's. They kept wanting us to get a private line. DH told them it wasn't a problem because it never seemed to be in use. They admitted we had the last party line in the city, which was effectively a private line.
We had a TV like the one on legs. DM & DF gave it to us just before DS was born. Just in time to watch all the JFK coverage after his death in Dallas. He had been in Houston that morning and my boss attended the breakfast. When he found out, he had tears in his eyes.
I remember all the old stuff since I'm 2 years younger than Chevy, which would make me ummmm 98.
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Hahhhhhhhhhhh! Oh no you don't! You aren't 98! I can just tell!
I don't know WHy I can remember all the old phone numbers and addresses from when I was a kid! Maybe because I WAS a LD operator, and that was part of our training... Even the old address my "boyfriend" was at when I met him, before we got married...
And now we don't "have" to remember anything, because all the numbers are programmed in our phones.
Magical, we go to bed EARLY! We eat a small Dinner about 4:30, then relax and watch TV for a couple hours, and sometimes I go to bed about 8! But I usually wake up about 4 or 4:30.... It's funny, because my Brother in Nashville is the same way.
My Grandma and my folks did the same thing! Even if they listened to the news at 9, they were still up by 5! Maybe it's a "gene"..... Ha!
Oh Wren, I remember the day when JFK was shot.... It was soooooooo sad! Seems like no matter what, everyone loved him.... the family. Couldn't even tell you if he was Democrat or Republican.... didn't matter.... Do you remember when WW2 was over? And how everyone was celebrating? Everyone drove down-town here, and were honking their horns! No more bread lines, or tokens for groceries, I was so little, but still remember, because my Dad was in the Navy, and got to come HOME finally! I remember that song..... Have I Stayed Away Too Long..... And every time I heard it, I missed my Dad so much! I think the war was over in what, 1946? (It was from 1939 to 1945).
And remember the Cuban crisis? I was terrified that night.... thinking we would all be to War.
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Yes, the Cuban crisis was not good. My Dad worked for the Air Force at a SAC base. They called him to come in and he didn't come home for 3 days. Mom was rightfully worried sick.
I don't remember the end of WW2. I lost my mother in 1945 and perhaps our family wasn't all that happy about anything. I do remember my uncle coming home in his navy uniform. I was peeling whitewash off the brick in front of the house when his taxi pulled up. He didn't rat on me either.
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Oh, I'm so sorry you lost your Mom, so young! Both of you! My Dad was one of the servicemen who was sent to Hiroshima 3 days after we dropped the Atomic Bomb. Theri job was to clean, brush all the streets from all the ash and debris that rained down.... I can't imagine. I just know Dad didn't tell any of us about it, until Mom had died, and I was going to see him in CA... before he got so sick.
He had brought home a lot of Japanese clogs, umbrella's, dresses,. guns.... etc. It's hard to understand the bombing of Pearl Harbor, WW2, and then all become friends....
YOU almost got busted! Ha! You did it on BRICK? Yikes!
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This is what I copied when the Peach Fluff was first discussed. Rita - is it yours? I'm going to note that Cami found it better with 2 cans of peach pie fulling.
Fluffy Peach Salad:
1 can peach pie filling
1 can Eagle Brand milk
1 medium-sized can of crushed pineapple drained
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
1 medium cool whipMix well and place in the refrigerator for at least four hours before serving!
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Minus,
So glad you put the recipe back in here. I could not for the life of me remember ( at least yet ) where I put all the recipes I copied from this and a couple of other threads. Now I can make this soon.
Jackie
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I copied this word for word from the other thread where I put these quotes because I believe it so strongly.
Sometimes you need to take time for you -- the glorious inside of you.
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass
on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching
the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.
John LubbockThings like this can bring alive the most wonderful thoughts, and deep feelings that are inside and don't always come to the surface easily. The above things so often help you and you barely have to try -- just close your eyes and let you come out, gradually and gracefully. Maybe a lot of surprises about you too. Brings wonderful peace and contentment with it. Good restorative.
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Thank goodness a little sun today. Makes me happy. Yesterday there was none, and I could already feel a mild tug of the no sun blahs. It will warm up ok, but the ground was frosty looking this morning. Winter is stretching out as always. We had a couple of really nice ( up to 60's days ) but that is usually reserved for February. Nothing seems very predictable anymore -- so till we see good change I think I will have to just hope for as much sun as possible. No matter what else -- I can usually do well if I get enough sun.
Busy day in store. I did all the morning chores already since Dh had an early work morning. It's ok, staying busy is a good mood booster do when you get to subtract a bunch of work off the debit side of your work list. Wow !!! Mine is far too long. Missing a couple of days ( not that I wasn't already behind ) around home can really add some list length.
Hope you are all going to have a good Saturday. I'm always thinking and trying to send positive energy thoughts to those having problems -- as of late, medical related ones.
See you all sometime later. I will go to work sometime this early afternoon or evening -- just not as yet sure of the time. A walk at the Rec Center, as well as a few stops in town. See you then.
Blessings to all,
Jackie
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Mike is back in the hospital. Yesterday we were at the hospital for an appointment and he collapsed in the hallway. They called out, "code blue" and doctors & nurses came running. After 9 long hours in the ER, they finally took him to his room at 10:30 last night.
Although he had a blood test Wednesday and his hemoglobin was dropping, it was still 8.6 with hematocrit of 27. Thursday he had outpatient surgery to put in the port. The anesthesia seemed to wipe him out Thursday evening and night. Friday, as I said, we had to be back at the hospital for an appointment. We'd taken his temp and he had no fever. Other than still feeling tired, he was ok and make the long walk through the hospital to his appointment, stopping to rest only once. Afterwards, as we were leaving the office, he went down.
His hemoglobin was 7.7 and he had a 101 fever. They gave him a unit of blood last night and are still doing tests to find the source of the fever. Hopefully it's not a problem with the port.
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Put simply - Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. That is what I believe.
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Cammie,I'm so, so sorry your brother has passed away. Though we may be expecting it, even sort of ok about it, their is am emptiness, and pain and we have to pass through all of that to totally take in that our loved one has transitioned to a kinder and more gentle place than this one had become. We think of them as gone when they are not so much that, but just that we are not able to talk to them and hear the sound of a reply -- reach out for them, but not really touch them nor feel their touch on us. It is that loss of the physical body but there was no loss of love, no loss of a loving and kind spirit, no loss of memories of good and happy times. Love never dies, but may seem far away and not quite the same for awhile, and once adjusted to the loss of physical presence, it all comes back to fill our hearts again.
Wishing you and your family as much peace as possible and strength to carry you through your sadness.
Blessings and love to you and yours, sweet friend.
Jackie
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Happy Saturday everyone.
Sandra- once again I feel for you. I remember the first time Bob said he didn't think he could walk from the hospital entrance to the dept. he needed to get to. I always dropped him at the entrance then went to park the car. That day, I made him sit just inside the entrance, and wait until I could take him down in a wheel chair. It is amazing how quickly something that never crossed your mind before, suddenly become the norm. It's a real sign of how badly our strong independent men feel when they agree to being dropped at the entrance or using a wheelchair.
Loving my time with Lucia. She is saying more words all the time, but gets her point across very clearly without words. She is extremely sweet natured and a real joy to be around.
I really don't like all the traveling I do, but it is the only way I can stay close to all the grandkids, which is the core of who I am. If they all lived locally, I would make one trip a year to see my family in NY. My son has asked me to join them on a 7 day cruise in April with his fellow coaches from the school. He hasn't convinced his wife to go yet, but wants me to go so they can have a babysitter along. I am not sure if I really want to go. I am going to see if I can convince my sister to go with me. Chances are slim to none, but I am going to try.
Anne
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Sandra,
Seems like the frying pan and fire syndrome with you and Mike. Sure hoping they get some GOOD control going. It is hard to watch vibrant men have to struggle so hard. I so hope that they will find enough information to maybe anticipate some of the possible hurdles until the transplant is able to take place. I'd hate to think you have to walk around apprehensive all the time.
I'm thinking about both of you and sure hoping for good answers.
Jackie
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Anne, I hate for you to go on the cruise and have to spend ALL the time babysitting. Even though you love them, you need some time too. There are wonderful programs for kids on cruise ships that allow kids to be kids in a kid-only environment instead of having to behave themselves elsewhere on the ship. We see some kids when we cruise but mostly in one of the pools. A few of the older ones roam around but rarely cause a problem. (There have been a few memorable exceptions which I shudder to remember.) Once in a while we'll see a long line of kids going down the promenade with their faces painted and fun costumes they've made. I love to see it when parents dress up for formal nights and bring their little ones, also dressed up. They are so darn cute.0 -
Jackie,
You are right. It's sure hard to see "the strong one" so vulnerable. A friend who lost her husband a few months ago brought over a wheelchair and rollater. I didn't know what they were called. It's the walker with a seat attached. She's an R.N. who works with Mike in the Burn Unit and is so amazed that he's gone downhill so fast. Her grief is still so fresh that she identifies strongly with me. Bless her heart. It seems to be helpful for her to help me right now and I do appreciate the support.
He won't be getting out of the hospital today. I so hoped that getting a unit of blood would perk him up. But he still has a fever and is so tired. What scares me the most is that the transplant doctor will say he is too sick and no longer a candidate for the procedure.
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Little Cammi.... I'm so sorry..... I just want to cry for you and Sandra.... I just didn't think it would be this fast....
When we talked this morning, I just had no idea.... and I don't think you did either..... xoxoxoxoxo
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