The Good and The Bad

OK which one do I start with?

How about the good news first. We went to the ortho doctor with Ty yesterday for the results of his MRI. There was good news there!! There is no other damage to the knee or the meniscus. It is however, EXTREMELY bruised, the bone and the tissues around it. The doctor said that you have to understand that was a hard blow for him to come down from in the air to land on that knee, all his weight and pressure! We are not quite 3 months from the accident and that is going to take time. That is good news, he WILL NOT have to have surgery on the knee!!! The main thing now is to just let it continue to heal, continue to go to therapy 3 times a week. Now he will return to light duty on Feb 8th, not exactly sure what he will be doing, I am sure they will find some stupid BS to put him doing, not that he is thrilled, but anything is better than sitting home being bored. Although I never seem to be bored there is plenty to do around here! Now that he is returning to work that only adds to more work for me...ugh, that means back to ironing those dang uniforms, something I have not missed! As far as going back to the motorcycles only time will tell, that was his dominate leg in holding up the bike the big question is will it be strong enough for him to do it with out a lot of pain.

On to the bad news....well it's not bad news its just news that I didn't want to really hear, but knew that it was coming.
We also went yesterday to get Amelia's counts done again. They are low still, but they are remaining the same for the past 6 weeks. Her white blood cells were at 3.9, her hemoglobin was 9.5 ( how she had the energy that she does is well beyond me a normal count here would be close to 13!!!) and her platelets were 18. Platelets are pretty much the same for the last 6 weeks too. I just worry about her with the bruising and all, I know the doctor keeps telling me to keep her as normal as possible for as long as possible.......easier said than done!
When I emailed Dr. J last night this was his reply:

I will check on what else needs to be done. As for cruise, you are ok I think. Obviously check out counts before you leave. Our devices to manipulate the marrow expire on April 15. While our goal is to get you in before that, we are working on plan b. The company is no longer manufacturing the device to remove the marrow T cells. To use the device the work up and chemo have to be done so transplant day is April 15 or before. There is another device but not approved by FDA. We are testing now. J
So as you can clearly see transplant will be on or before the 15th of April. We are making plans now for the 15th to be transplant date. That also means we are making plans to be in Minneapolis by April 1st, but more than likely we will be there a few days before the first. We need time before the 15th for work up week and then the week of preparation (radiation and chemo) Which would mean that IF everything goes smoothly we wouldn't be returning home till August 1st. God how I PRAY that everything this time goes smoothly. Please pray with me on that !!!!
The next 6 weeks are going to be a crazy blur to me, as it is I am wondering where the heck January went!!! We finally got our dates for the cruise. We will leave here on the 18th and then get to Disney for 2 days prior to the cruise, we board the ship and head out on the 21st of Feb. The ship will return to port on the 25th and then we will head home from there, or maybe hang out in Florida for a few days and then head home. Another prayer right now is that someone at the Sheriffs dept will have a heart and let him have his vacation that he had already put in for well before this accident happened!!! Please continue to keep us all in your prayers.
I gotta go check on Marshall, he is home today with his chest hurting and all congested....it never ends and how am I ever going to be able to leave him here even if it is for 6 weeks. (he will be able to join us as soon as school is out)

Keeping the FAITH....