Well, the steroids seems to have picked up where they left off! It definitely has not been like "starting". Katie is in rare form. The majority of the time, no one can look at her, touch her, speak to her, or help her, except me. Which is hard for everyone. Katie gets upset easily and it is hard to calm her down - we just have to wait it out. She says, "I can't sleep very good". She is also hungry all the time and she craves weird things. Yesterday she insisted on having "pizza with milk on it". It was 9:00 in the morning and there was no pizza in the house! And pizza with milk on it? I have no idea where that thought even came from. After awhile, I was able to distract her with something else, but then at 8:00 last night she suddenly got the thought again and said, "Oh! We forgot the pizza". I guess we will be having pizza some time today...with milk on it? I don't think so! =)
Katie was still very weak and pale yesterday. Her eyes have dark circles around them and the rest of her body is stark white. She has no color, except a little pink to her lips. She looked so sick last night that it hurt to look at her. Hopefully the steroids will help pick up her levels, so she can start looking and feeling better. Although, it is a mix I guess, because she has the chemo and the steroids in her system, the combo makes her weaker, but the steroids do help raise her counts. I don't understand it really, but that is what happens. Her counts go up and in some ways she gets better, but she also gets weaker.
I am so glad General Conference is this weekend. Our family is needing an emotional and spiritual boost and conference is the perfect antidote! I believe the Lord spoke through His prophets in biblical times, and I believe he speaks through His prophets in our day. "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, until he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets" (Amos 3:7). That scripture was given in Old Testament times and is still true today. We have a loving Heavenly Father who has not left us here alone. We have been given living prophets to help guide and direct us along our journey in life. If you like the thoughts and quotes I post, the majority of what I post are quotes from them. If you have questions that you are seeking answers to, or if you are looking for more peace in your life, I invite you to watch General Conference this weekend via the Internet on gc.lds.org - on the left side of the page you can click on "watch live" or "listen live". Different sessions begin today and Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. MDT. You can also watch at a local LDS meeting house, or in some places on TV. It is going to be a great weekend!!
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