"Hey man, are you feeling alright??"
"You don't look so good"
"Did you see brent last night, he looked yellow?!"
"Did you get enough sleep?"
I thought everyone was being a dick. Turns out everyone was right. For the month of March I had been more fatigued than normal, blamed it on working 55 hours a week. After all the comments, along with 2 staff infections, my bosses mom (grandma Joan) told me to get a blood test, just to see, maybe it was jaundice, or i was anemic. I couldn't be more thankful for taking that advice; the day after the blood test i got woken up by my doctor at 630am saying 'youre really really anemic and need to get to the emergency room right now!'. Scared the hell out of me, but i just though i would get some blood, stay overnight and be on my way. Well, my blood counts were so off they had an oncologist take a look, and after about 2 hours of being at the ER they told me I had Leukemia.
I would never have thought I would be in a hospital with Leukemia, cancer of the blood. My bone marrow isn't creating the right amount of white/red blood cells and has all sorts of other harmful cells jumbled in. It has been a lot to take in, but they transferred me to UCSF that day and i have been getting treatment since. That blood test turned my life upside down for this coming year, and it is a lot to handle. But ive got a lot of family/mega friends behind me and I want everyone to know how much I love them and appreciate everything everyone has done for me.
Hi Brent, I would be happy to help you and or your mom set up a donor event downtown; it's a wonderful idea! You will be in my thoughts and prayers today as I go about my business. I know it is easy to spout platitudes such as "hang in there" and "God's got your back" when we aren't in the boat with you and I don't want to be guilty of that. I do want to say that you are loved by a lot of people and a God who cares who will be by your side during the dark and scary times - and the good times. All you have to do is reach out (like you are) and we'll come running (God, too - haha - actually, he's already there and doesn't need to run)!!
ReplyDeleteYou are an awesome writer and when you are well again, you should do a book about your experience to help others!! You have a great writing style!
Nancy