Thursday, December 30th 9:00pm

What a day for Michellie, from lows to highs and from lethargy to giggles.  Michellie struggled all day to get past the nausea.  After fluids all night through intravenous, and more gravol at 9, she slept until after noon.  Her white blood cell count had dropped significantly and she was having trouble just feeling well enough to do anything.  The doctor gave her the go ahead to leave the hospital, but she still was not feeling up to anything.  Michelle began some healing work with her, and balancing the body for fear of being sick at home.  A dear friend from Touch for Health and Michelle’s work with Svetlana Masgutova called at that point and gave some of her input for assistance.  We will share with you two of her tips, incase anyone reading this needs or can use the information for themselves.  She reminded me of a story of a friend of hers who soaked bread in milk and then placed it on the back of his knees and secured it with saran wrap after his chemo.  He left it there over night, and it was able to draw the toxins out of the body.  Michellie was not convinced, but as we begin to find all the healing tools that can help the body to recover, we will be using everything we can.  She also reminded me of my neurostructural training that will bring the body out of shock and allow it to process the whole gamut of experiences Michellie is going through.  So, for those of you who get to come for a visit, I will be calling on your assistance to help with this technique.  Of course, you will be able to see its value for yourself this way.  Michelle started to feel more confident in her ablilities to apply her knowledge to be of more assistance, and this was a big boost for her today.

At 4 pm Michellie finally was able to move.  David had administered her GCSF (notice all the incredible language we are now able to throw around so casually?!).  This is a hormone to help the body to recover its blood count and pull it back up into the healing zone.  “They” recommend we give it around 4 each day, but what we discovered today is that Michellie’s mood and energy increases significantly with each shot, and that she quickly bounced back to the personality we recognize.  We think we will adjust this time to mid morning so she can reap the benefits of the boost in the daytime, rather than evening when she has trouble winding down to sleep. Anyway, the boost today allowed her the energy to get out of the bed and get going.  By 5 pm we were in our hotel room and breathing a sigh of relief, we had made it that far!

After a much needed shower, and some fantastic food, Michellie was coming round.  We watched a movie and made our plans for tomorrow.  We were determined it was time to get home.  We were fortunate enough for Linda’s help to secure a hair appointment with her sister Joanne for our return trip, so tomorrow the beautiful head of hair will be cut to donate to Angel Hair for Kids programs, and Michellie will sport a short do until her hair begins its descent from her scalp – which should be in the next few days.  This will be a tough time we know.

For now, the giggles have started, and together we are enjoying a very good time just being together and enjoying the simple things in life.  And, Michellie’s hunger has picked up so Dad is off to find a restaurant that can supply chicken fingers and nachos.  What a good Dad Michellie has!