The Johnson Blog

Ana had her 2-week visit with the new hematologist, and her platelets levels were the same as they were 2 weeks ago so that apparently finally “proves” that prednisone isn’t helping.  Glad it took 5 months for that to be clear.
Anyway, she’s going to start the weaning process - dropping her dosage 10mg/week while continuing [...]

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Cue smiling baby…

Today is Ana’s first day back to work, and at her new job nonetheless! Good luck Ana, you’ll do great! Accordingly, today is David’s first day at Gradma Johnson’s house. As you can see, he’s all ready to go.
It has been pretty hectic this morning as Ana tries to [...]

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We had the second meeting with Ana’s new hematologist today.  Some good things and some less-desirable things came out of it.
Good things:

Liver and Spleen scan came back negative for any abnormailities
4 or 5 other tests came back negative
Test for blood platelet antibodies came back positive
This doctor knows that a 9:40am appointment means 9:40am, and not [...]

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Along with my recent job change, Ana gave notice to her current employer (Wells Fargo) and accepted a job offer at Memorial Medical Center where she’ll be doing some good ‘ol IT Project Management.  She’s slated to start on February 18th.  Congratulations Ana!
On a health note, we have gotten a second opinion on the treatment [...]

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That’s what the nurse told Ana today after getting her blood tested.  Bad results, she’s down to 15,000.
She was just about weaned off the prednisone, but is now getting bumped back up and will be tested again next week.

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Ok, uploading a few more photos.  These are just a few of the couple hundred (no kidding!) and are completely unedited

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Well everyone, thank you for your thoughts and prayers - they worked great.  I’ll be posting more photos (and video!) as time permits so be sure to keep checking back.
Lots of people have asked about the name.  Anthony is my middle name and David is a small tribute to all of the great friends I’ve [...]

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