Helllllo there, everyone! It’s Day 17, and my counts are starting to come up! My white count is 1.34, not normal, but Laura’s cells are doing some seriously good work and they’re generating some cells! My neutrophil count is .35 (or 350), so Andrew, you might win that contest!!–I bet they’ll be around 500 on Monday!!! Sorry we can’t give you that all-expense paid trip!!

Anyhoo, my dad got here last night and Ronnie and Kathy came in this afternoon, so I’m really looking forward to this weekend. I’m still very tired, but I saw my team today, and they all think I’m doing wonderfully which in turn makes me feel a lot more confident. I mean, I do know that I’m doing well, but it feels really weird to walk almost a mile and have my ankles or legs feel a little bit sore. And it feels strange to just always give in to the sleepy feeling and rest. My mom reminded me that getting a bone marrow transplant is actually like being a new baby, what with my immune defenses and everything…and babies take lots of naps, so it’s OK if I do. Sounds like a good explanation to me!!!

My show is going to come on soon (”Wheel of Fortune”), so I better hurry! Basically I’m feeling good, just tired and my eyes are constantly puffy…they don’t know if it’s just ’cause I’m tired or it’s a combo of being tired and taking lots of pills, but they’re not worried about it. I’ll include a couple pics for you to see my day today.

Hope everyone is doing well!!

Lots of love from….where else?
SEATTLE!!!!!!!!