Coming Right Along!

Once again, the reports coming out of Durham just get better and better. The biggest celebration is that Donna's platelet counts have been going UP. They have gone from 4,000 to 38,000 this week. Praise God!

All in all, Donna is feeling wonderful. She no longer is tied to any ongoing IVs and food is becoming her friend once again. In fact, last night she ate some Chinese food and LIKED IT!

Donna still has trouble walking and, therefore, still has problems with fluid build up in her legs. Also, she still gets very, very tired. But, all of this is to be expected. Donna has been working very hard this week at achieving the goals needed for her to be discharged, and we are foreseeing a discharge in the very near future as long as this upward trend continues.

We wish to thank all of you who have volunteered your time to visit with Donna. The family cannot express how much it has meant to all of us. We currently have visitors scheduled through next Thursday. At this point, we are asking that you hold off scheduling future visits until we know the disposition and time frame of Donna's discharge. It is very possible that Donna could be discharged as early as some time next week. When her discharge does happen, there will be a flurry of activity that will require quite a few people to go to Durham on very short notice, namely her caretakers who are required to attend training classes prior to Donna leaving the hospital in order to learn how to tend to Donna's needs. We suspect that if Donna does get discharged next week it will more than likely be towards the end of the week, so it should not effect anyone who is currently scheduled to be in Durham.

It is so exciting to see all the wonders God is working in Donna. Let's RISE UP AND PRAISE HIM!