Numbers

The day was as busy as anticipated. I know everyone is waiting for numbers. They are better. Everything is going up and steady. Great results. Slow but steady

platelets 134,000
3.7 for whites
Hemoglobin 10.9
Neutrophils 2.1 up from 1.8

That was the first test since lowering his dosage. We now take another pill away. that is now 25% down from where he was taking 200 mg. The Neutrophils are the new stem cells that the drugs suppress. That they are going up already is a fantastic sign in conjunction with the other numbers going up. Tom says he finally feels hope.

Problem is Riley will still have a pre existing condition. He might be a good candidate for a Medical savings account if he ever wants to be self employed as he will be hard to insure on his own. We found out the insurance company can set its own premium for him. In essence making him uninsurable. Good thing we have Cobra for 18 months.

Meanwhile I filled my car with gas costing $54. drove the biographies of the bands over to the mom doing the program. Hit the freeway with a big cup of coffee and a banana and drove to longview to look at houses. I saw some great real estate. Two houses that would work for us. One is move in ready but more expensive of course than what we want to pay. I will offer less and pray hard.

The other is a short project needing some work before we could live in it. It is also not on the market for another month, bank owned. Increadable property though, if you want to live in Longview, but not near our club.

Meanwhile the realtor at home called and they have a showing scheduled for Tomorrow night, Friday. I work all day. We are now this evening frantically getting the house tidy. Trying to hide the messes as best we can. I am told they are looking in West Linn also. Maybe they wont have sticker shock on our house. So can't spend a lot of time tonight telling you of our day.

Tom took his car in for repair yesterday. As I followed him, I witnessed an accident. A pedestrian crossed the intersection on a green light and ran full tilt into a stopped car, stopped because he saw the pedestrian. The guy hit the car hard and bounced back 5 feet knocked to the ground by his own momentum. He got up and continued to run off. The driver stopped and got out while calling the police. He ran after the pedestrian trying to stop him. The pedestrian got in a car in the parking lot nearby. The driver ran over and yelled for him to stop. The police arrived. The light turned green again and following Tom I drove off.

We were at the repair shop when I saw everyone drive by headed for the local hospital. The driver, the pedestrian in the car he got into, another witness car, that had been at the sidewalk with a front row view, followed by the police.

When I got home I called the police and left my name in case they wanted a statement. They have not called. The driver was not at fault and did everything right. Tom always says you really have to be doing something stupid to get hit by a car. In this case the Pedestrian hit the car not the other way around.

Tom goes tomorrow to look at the two houses. It is kind of a no brainer as long as we can get the price we want on the move in ready. Its in the neighborhood we want with no issues. I am sending him with a check for the earnest money in case he decides to go for one of them. I will do either one.

The long lists on the white board are getting ticked away. New lists appear daily. Tom is proud of his accomplishments and getting them done in such a timely manner.

Got to get on with our cleaning now. He starts a project in his new company he is making up, probably in April. He would love for us to get the house sold, so we will put on a good show for tomorrow. Wish us luck and an offer.