Yellow Team (Jenn, Mom, Shannon, Sarah)

So for the past few days my sister, Jenn has been talking about these shirts. They are these cute Lance Armstrong shirts that say Livestrong on them. They are bright yellow with black lettering on them and all the proceeds go to cancer research. Jenn thought it would be a great idea to all wear them yesterday for mom's first doctor appointment after treatment. She wanted us to be united and stay strong and positive for mom and also for mom to know we are behind her 100%. Jenn got mom one also, she looked adorable. So if you can imagine for a minute me, Sarah, Boog and Jenn and mom all walk into Brown Cancer Center with our bright yellow shirts. Sarah said we looked cheesy, Boog said we nicknamed us the "yellow team," since he is obsessed with The Biggest Loser show, and mom thought is was great so that is all that matters right? Boog kept saying he thought we would pull a "big number" today. mom had to have some blood work done again because the day before her platelet number was really low (10 and it should be between 100-500). Dr. Miller came in and was great. He is so concerning and warm with mom. He wanted to know everything about what happened during treatment. Then we received the bloodwork results and her platelets went down to 7, white blood cells were 1.14 (should be between 4-10) hemoglobin 9.7(should be between 12-15) her potassium was low again and she was dehydrated. In a matter of minutes about 5 nurses came in and started mom on an IV. So you can probably guess what happened -- she had to be admitted back into the hospital. I was not expecting that at all. Dr. Miller is saying for just 24 hours she needs a tune up to get her back to normal. I was not expecting this at all. Sarah, Boog, Steph and I stayed at the hospital last night until 11 having a great time talking -- mom was up the whole time smiling and laughing with us. And of course we watched Biggest Loser. I think our "yellow team" pulled some big numbers. Even though we didn't expect mom to go back into the hospital we stayed strong. Our spirits are strong and our minds are strong. Jenn had a great idea, we really do have to "livestrong" for mom. That is what it is all about. We have a great picture of all of us with our shirts but it is on Jenns camera. Boog said he will put it on the blog later today. Keep praying.

Shannon