Bill went in for his Gemzar drip on Wednesday of this week, but they sent him home. This time, his platelets were too low.
So this coming Wednesday, he should be back to normal and able to receive his Gemzar.
If so, it will be his LAST CHEMOTHERAPY!
What in the world could we ever do to express our affection and gratitude for the nurses at the Seby Jones Cancer Clinic? We are thinking hard. I suppose a whole bunch of bird seed might be a good thing to leave with them.
There's probably no way to truly express the depth of our appreciation for their constant smiles, kindnesses, gentleness, understanding, listening ears, patience and laughter.
But above all, those smiles.
They ALL constantly seem happy! But I mean GENUINELY happy! How does an entire staff end up that way?
Their light shines in the darkness. Experiencing such a thing from the perspective of the recipient is deeply moving, and we are changed.
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It's pretty easy to explain -- you're hired based on your happiness in oncology. (My aunt is a receptionist in the oncology department at UW Children's Hospital and I volunteer there a lot. She got hired because she was more cheerful and friendly and smiles all the time -- it meant as much or more than her work experience. I've heard stories of nurses being given notices for bringing their bad days to work or getting switched to other areas of the hospital. It's based on some study that showed mortality rates in cancer patients went down significantly when in a positive atmosphere, most likely due to the increase in endorphins.)
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