Update on Wally Messinger

Wanted to let you know that Wally is home again from the hospital. He went into the hospital on Friday Jan. 30 and came home yesterday, Feb 12. He received 6 units of blood and 6 units of platelets. He had 4 doses of chemo but could not have them on consecutive days because his blood counts do not stay up. His white count fluctuates so much that they won't give chemo when it is down. He has to have Neupogen shots when the white count is low. His platelets also go up and down like a yo-yo so he has to get platelets for that. Then his hematocrit and hemoglobin go down and he has to get blood. He did real good on the first two chemo's but on the third one he got real sick. That was the pits. No nurse stuck her head in the door and I was to busy to push the call light as it was on the chair I sat in and I was busy helping him. I let them know that I was upset with them but I did it nicely. The last dose of Chemo went good. But then they dosed him up with meds so that he would not get sick. Next month they are going to try for the 5 days of chemo. I know one thing, sleeping on the fold out chair in the room is not comfortable and then the aides come in and turn on all the lights in the room to do his vitals. But all in all it wasn't to bad. The doctors put him on a regular neupogenic diet so the food was a little better.In case you do not know what a neupogenic diet is here is the definition. No fresh fruit or vegetables what so ever. If either one touches his food it has to be thrown away or someone else in the family has to eat it. He has to wear a mask whenever he goes out and when he is in the hospital, he is on reverse isolation, which means anyone coming in the room has to wear a mask. Sounds like fun huh?I want to thank everyone for their prayers, they are working. On his first bone marow biospy, his cancer cells were 12%, on the second bone marrow the cancer cells were 6%. Well I hope this helps to let you know what is going on.
Have a very happy Valentines day and I love you all. Judy Messinger

News from the Morse family

Our oldest son, Shawn Allen Morse (Dwayne, Patsy, Marie) got his mission call! He will be serving in the Washington Kennewick Mission. He reports to the MTC March 18th. He is going to go through the temple in Mesa on Valentines Day this Saturday at 3 pm for those who would like to attend.

From left to right, Levi-12, Ian-9, Heather-42, Dwayne-44, Shawn-19, Tanner-15

Congratulations Shawn on your mission call!

We are excited for you!