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Posted by Avalonea
on 6/26/2006, 11:42 pm, in reply to "Prayers for a Friend"
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Hi everyone,
I thought I would update you all on the newest bit of news ...
Please prepare yourselves as this may be upsetting for some of you ...
Miss me? Cause I'm back :o)
OK first thing is first ...
Thank you all so much for the lovely ecards, messages, candles, pages, and who knows what else I have here as I am still checking email ...
Secondly,
I am VERY disappointed in ALL of my WOSIB sisters ... You should have all known better than to worry about me ... Granted I suppose I was some what sick ...
Ok here's what's going on for those who were not sure or just want an update ...
I guess I will start at the beginning ...
So I went to Texas last year around August or something like that lol ...
When I came home it turns out that I was pregnant ... Which is a very good thing as I was told I would never have children of my own. I ended up breaking up with my fiance and then had an accident and lost the baby.
I was pretty upset afterwards and very depressed, stressed out etc ... And I noticed that I had developed a lump on my neck.
Since I had cancer when I was 8 I decided to have it check out after about 2 weeks when it still hadn't went away.
My doctor told me that it was likely stress related because of what happened but took some blood tests anyway ... I guess the lump was a good thing because I was caught in the early first stages of AML, acute monocyte leukaemia for the second time in my life.
So since last November shortly before my oldest brother's birthday I have been in the hospital off and on ... Thankfully my other brother Matthew had a laptop that he has allowed me to use. And with the magic of the Internet I was able to keep my condition a secret. However, this time has been especially difficult for me ... I have been a lot sicker than in the past and I am also in a hospital that I really don't like lol ...
But long story short I have had all my chemo, and have had a transplant ... For the past 2 1/2 months I have been in isolation so that I can stay healthy while my immunity grows ... I have had to have some mild procedures done and when these are happening I have been transported on my bed in like a see-through tent thing ... Apparently (so I have been told) the 'bubble' was not secured properly and I ended up catching some kind of bug ... However, my doctors think that I could have also been sick earlier in the week ... So really I don't know lol ...
This is where is gets hazy as I don't remember so I am going on what my family has told me ... I do remember though afterwards I had told my sister that I felt funny ... Almost like I was drunk ... And then I guess I passed out and they couldn't wake me ...
So I guess my sister came in and I was leaning over the bed ... She said it looked like I was reaching for the buzzer but I don't remember ... And then her and the nurse came in ... I guess the nurse just washed her hands and put on a mask so I guess they thought it was a serious event lol
Anyway my stats went down and my breathing slowed ... I am told I flat lined a couple times and they had to shock me ... I don't remember ... And please don't ask what my near death experience was like lol if I had one I don't remember it LOL
Next thing I remember I was awake ... I guess it was yesterday morning ... I was alone when I woke up, my mom, the nurse that I guess was staying with me and my doctor were outside talking to each other ... I couldn't get their attention and I am not allowed off the bed so I just buzzed ... Ok it was kinda funny lol ... I am in like an L corridor ... So the nurses station can't see me or my room so when I buzzed and I wish I could have seen it lol ... But about 5 nurses ran to where my mom and doctor were standing ... All looking pretty confused ... I guess they thought the doctor had buzzed and needed help ... They all kinda stood there for a second ... Then looked at me and I waved lol ... I thought my old doc would have a heart attack lol ...
Anywho long story short I am fine ... I am still taking antibiotics I guess I had a bit of an infection ... And they allowed me to come home today ... My counts pretty much doubled which is what happened last time as well ... For like 2 almost 3 months I had hardly any immunity and the last week or so my counts (white blood cells, red blood cells, platelettes etc ..) doubled and tripled so I wasn't surprised by that ... But anyway I told the doctor that I just wanted to go home and after speaking with my psychologist (I don't know if they do this everywhere but both times I had cancer I was required to see a shrink) my doc decided that for moral purposes it would be good for me to "see what I am fighting for" so they said since I was "surprisingly" ok and my counts were good I could spend a day at home as long as I didn't go in a room with carpet and the animals stayed somewhere else ...
So as of right now I am sitting in my carpeted office with my two cats (one on my lap and one on the back of my chair) and my dog at my feet lol ... I never did listen to instructions well 
I have to wear a gown and sanitary booties and a mask and what not but I am ok ... I also have to return to the hospital tomorrow ... If my counts continue to increase the way they have been I should be out in about a week maybe two ... Which beats my previous record of 3 months :o)
I am weeding through e-mails and e-cards and will be sending thank you's ... But in case I miss anything I just wanna say thank you for sending your healing thoughts and praying to whatever god you choose to worship ... I hope no one was too worried as I was fine lol ... I'm a tough girl ;o)
Angel Sicara
--Previous Message--
: Please send your loving energies to another
: friend in one of my online groups. She is
: very sick and on respiratory right now from
: an infection. I dont really know what all
: is wrong with her..but from what I gather
: she has no immune system left..and cant
: fight off infections. Thank you for any
: healing energies you can send her way.
:
: Love & Light
: & Healing energies..for Sicara
:
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