~I'm HOME~

BREAST CANCER PATIENT PROTECTION ACT

There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require Insurance Companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating the 'drive-through mastectomy' where women are forced to go home just a Few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.Lifetime Television has put this bill on their Web page with a petition drive to show your support. Last year over half the House signed on. PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the Web site below. You need not give more than your name and zip code number. http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php

I GOT HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL late last night....I AM SOOO HAPPY TO BE HOME!!!

I am very tired and my WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT went up to 4.6....YIPPY!!!
Still not good BUT BETTER THAN IT WAS!!! I am too weak to do my own hair so MOM braided it for me.......I LOVE as I said when she was done.....

(In my CUTE LITTLE SWEDE ACCENT)....."My name is Anna, I'm from Sweden"....and everyone laughed. BUT LOOK AT ME!!!! STILL ALL OF THAT HAIR and I AM STILL SMILING!!!

I will write more tomorrow as I really should be in bed.
My cousin Nancy sent the above information to me the day I was in the hospital and Joy also posted it in a comment on my blog...THANK YOU GIRLS!!! I have been too busy trying to stay well that I haven't been able to surf to much. I LOVE all the info everyone finds and sends to me!!!!

I AM SO BLESSED!!!! THE CARDS AND GIFTS CONTINUE TO AMAZE ME and makes me realize what a difference one person can make in someone else's life. YOUR PRAYERS, HUMOR, THOUGHTS and ENDLESS SUPPORT AND LOVE FOR ME is one I cannot even find the words for or comprehend.....I am truly humbled.....

All my love, Amy

~Amy's doing better~

Hello this is Mary Amy's friend from IsabellasCloset. Amy just called me. Her voice sounds a bit better. She may get to come home from the hospital tonight. She said she will post a comment on her blog when she can.
She laughed and said "I still have my hair!" What a funny Gal she is.
Bless her heart! Hang in there Amy..

~I'm in the Hospital Since 1:00pm July 4th~

I am writing this at 2 am Iowa time (CST) on Thursday July 5th as I can't sleep and the hospital has a nice service that lets you borrow a laptop. OH HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY DANCE!!!

I ended up in the hospital July 4th around 1:00 in the afternoon.....

I am way sicker than I thought as I ended up with a high temperature and my white blood cell counts are only at 1.2 (YES, ONE POINT TWO) and they should be around 25 (and they are afraid they might go even lower......also, that $6000.00 SHOT they gave me to help prevent this, didn't work so they are going to have to totally redo my entire chemo treatment. )
I have no idea how long I will be in here, depends on how fast my blood count and go up and also my blood pressure is low and my heart beat is very very faint......I am in a sort of quarantine until my counts go up......so....Here I am....Just trying to get better....I just wanted everyone to know that I am still here, just really sick but the REALLY COOL thing about all of this is I got to see the FIREWORKS out my HOSPITAL WINDOW LAST NIGHT!!!! So you see, it really wasn't so bad getting sick on the 4th of July!!!!
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH for your CONTINUED PRAYERS!!!! THEY KEEP ME GOING MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!!! ~Amy~

~HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA~

~GOD BLESS AMERICA~LAND THAT I LOVE~

STAND BESIDE HER, AND GUIDE HER~

THRU THE NIGHT WITH A LIGHT FROM ABOVE~

FROM THE MOUNTAINS, TO THE PRAIRIES,

TO THE OCEANS, WHITE WITH FOAM.

GOD BLESS AMERICA MY HOME SWEET HOME

THIS IS MY FAVORITE FAVORITE HOLIDAY OF ALL TIME.....No obligations to buy gifts, you get to eat lots of good food and there is a BEAUTIFUL EVENING STILL AHEAD and we don't lose sight of the TRUE MEANING of the HOLIDAY!!!

THANK YOU to ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEN and WOMEN and especially to our VETERANS for giving ME the FREEDOM I HAVE TODAY!!! A special THANK YOU to My DAD, (a year ago today we took you home from the hospital, I still think about you every day Dad) who served in the Korean War in the Army. And to my BIG BROTHERS who served in the Army and Marines during the Iran Iraq Wars and my nephew Jeff who is home this holiday from Iraq!!! THANK YOU GUYS!!!! I AM TRULY BLESSED!!!

"GOD BLESS AMERICA....MY HOME SWEET HOME!!!!"

~HAPPY MONDAY~

~LAST MONDAY'S MADDI'S 6th BIRTHDAY PARTY~

WHEW!!! What a difference a week makes. These pictures were taken LAST MONDAY as we celebrated Maddi's 6th Birthday. (her birthday was actually Thursday the 27th but I knew I would be in no shape to host a party after chemo) Sweet Carole from http://scoundrelsandrogues.blogspot.com/

sent Maddi a VINTAGE ORIGINAL TASHA TUDOR Fairy Tail Book for her birthday. Which she LOVES because Tasha Tudor is one of our FAVORITES. THANK YOU CAROLE!!! (the pictures are not in order as it is still hard to concentrate with this chemo stuff in my body)

WHAT A WEEKEND THIS WAS!!!
Well, I know that on the Wednesday's I have chemo, thru the entire weekend, I will be in bed!!!
Nothing worst than a migraine and nausea for 4 days straight. My spirits are still up, THANKS TO ALL YOUR POWER OF PRAYER and GOOD THOUGHTS and.....TODAY, is the first morning I woke up without nausea or a migraine. TODAY IS A GOOD DAY!!! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and I am typing on the computer. WHOO HOO!!!

I STILL HAVE MY HAIR...although it feels GROSS, it's all dried out and feels like a big stack of hay.....LOL and MY WIG got here this weekend and everyone has been trying it on and having fun with it.....(THAT'S MY MOM with the WIG ON!!!! Now you know where I get my humor)

Above is a picture taken the day before my chemo with MISSY and KAREN.....(all 3 of us hate this picture but I had to post it anyways)

WHAT WONDERFUL ANGELS we have WALKING IN PEOPLE CLOTHES!!! Unknown to me, they DONATED MONEY for me to get a WIG and with the GENEROUS AMOUNT they gave to me, I will be able to get 3 of them!!!! MISSY AND KAREN.....YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANT TO ME!!! Not only do I have you as my friends but I am now going to call you my "PERSONAL HAIR REPS".....THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

I thought I might "ESCAPE" the mouth sores in my mouth but they started showing their UGLY SELF yesterday morning. I can feel them crawling down my throat and it's getting hard to swallow, taste or enjoy eating. (I DO LOVE FOOD....especially anything with potatoes, sauces, gravies and BUTTER....LOL) I have to gargle with warm salt water and that seems to help. Other than that....I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER TODAY!!!!!

Enjoy the pictures and HAVE A HAPPY MONDAY!!! (The above picture was taken YESTERDAY, JULY 1st 2007....it's of Me and Bob....and I'm STILL SMILING!!!!)
All my Love and Hugs to ALL of YOU, Amy