The Quilt of Love (Day +12)

Opening the package.

Just another pic after opening it.

Here is the Quilt!!!!

On my hospital bed.

My Mom and her Quilt.

The pictures above are of the quilt that was made for me by members of the HGTV message board. A group of people I mind you who I have never met. They heard of my situation because my mom is a member that posts on the message board. They have been wanting to make me this quilt since they heard about this whole thing. People from around this entire nation have made me a block and then the actual quilt was organized and put together by a couple more people. I have to say since I have heard of this I have been really excited and blown away by this act of kindness. These people have also been so faithful at sending me packages and cards daily while I have been at the hospital and at home. They send me e-mails and posts on my message boards continually. I can never FULLY express my gratitude to this group of people. I have felt truly blessed by God for all they have done for me. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! I also wanted to mention that we had another little surprise when we opened the package. There was also a quilt made for my mom! That was a surprise because I knew they were making mine, but we didn't know they were making my mom one as well. She felt so blessed and I am thankful to them for doing that. My mom has done so much for me during this time, I am just glad that she received something that just makes her know how much she is appreciated. Thanks HGTV people for that. So I am now using it on my hospital bed and snuggling up with it. I love it so much and am going to treasure it for the rest of my life. It will forever remind me of all the wonderful people who prayed for and cared for me during this hard time in my life. Even those I had never met!

I will also throw in a little update on how my day was today. Like I said in my last post I have my good days and my bad days. You never know which one it is going to be. So what was my day today? I am pleased to report it was a good day. The biggest reason it was a good day was that I got white blood cells today!!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!!!!!! My white blood cell count was 2.4 today, which for those that don't understand it 2,400. In other words, that is great. I am on my way to recovery and on the road towards home. I have also been feeling rather well today. My throat soreness is gone and I have been able to eat without vomiting today. Food doesn't really taste right, but that is probably just because of all the stuff that has been done to me. It takes a toll on all aspects of your body. They said things would start looking better once my white cells came and they were right, again. Now we are just looking for signs of GVHD and watching my body for that. Other good news is that because of me feeling better they are switching my meds back to oral and reducing my pain control device everyday. Soon once they see I am eating enough my nutrition bag will leave as well. Meaning the sooner I can do these things on my own the sooner I can go home. Hopefully soon, I am not sure what they are thinking yet but I am hoping that in a week or so I will be on my way home. Maybe even earlier. I guess one can only pray!