September 12 - A time for hope...

“Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.”  Thomas Aquinus

 The above statement on faith and hope are so true.  Faith and hope walk hand in hand with each other for those who have given their lives to Jesus Christ   If you add the love, you have from God and Jesus Christ, the promise that you will never be alone, you will always be loved and you will always have hope through your faith..  

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. " 
1 Corinthians: 13:13 (NIV)

 So HOPE is what Jan and I are going with right now.  We will sit down tomorrow with the Head of the MDS branch at Johns Hopkins, Amy Dezern, MD to review the bone marrow biopsy results from a couple of weeks ago.  There are some questionable results that need clarification and hopefully, no return of the MDS cells.  We'll also see Viki our "primary" outpatient oncologic NP to get further info and be examined.  More than likely I will need blood products of some kind.   YOUR PRAYERS are that my cancer has not come back.

 Praises in that my white blood cell counts are starting to rise and this Monday they were at 4,800 (this is in the low normal range!).  This has been a steady rise.  Platelets and red cells continue to be sluggish BUT I only needed platelets last Friday.  So... My needs for blood products are not as frequent.

 I still require more sleep than usual and the patients I do see ask "Are you all right DOC?" which is translated to I look like I feel... Tired.  But again, compared to many at this stage of post-transplant, I am blessed.

 Today is the day after 9-11 (2018)... Keep those in prayer who lost loved ones on this date in 2001.

 God bless you all!  And may God bless America!

 Tripp

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  1. JaniceSeptember 12, 2018 at 7:41 PM

    Think about you all the time. You are still on our choir’s prayer list.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2018 at 4:59 AM

    Sending Prayers Always.

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