This past week I've been pretty productive. I finished my senior paper and all of my remaining assignments for school. After I turn everything in, I will officially be done with high school! Unfortunately, I will not be in town for graduation but the school is going to send me a DVD of the ceremony and the cap/gown company is going to send me a cap and gown for me to keep. I think my mom is also going to get a cake and stuff for the hospital room for actual graduation day. Although I'm sad to miss graduation, getting some healthy bone marrow is a nice consolation prize. My dad is also helping me plan a graduation/going away party for my family and friends before I leave. Look for invites soon!
I also started the dreaded task of packing. To be honest, I never really unpacked when I came back from Minneapolis in early December. I sort of told myself that if I didn't unpack, it wasn't really happening. Nice try. So basically I've been living out of buckets for the past few months. I thought this would make re-packing much easier. However, turns out now I have to take out all my winter clothes and replace them with spring/summer clothes. I've finished most of the packing and it looks like I'm only going to be bringing: one large blue tub, one pink tub (filled with goodies from classmates, friends and family) and one large black suitcase. I also have another blue tub filled with a comforter, foam layer for my bed, etc. But I don't really count those things. I'm an extreme over-packer so I think I've done quite well. Last night while I was adding some things, I noticed this:
I think this is my cat's way of telling me that she wants to come along. Unfortunately, the hospital won't even allow real flowers in my room. I doubt they're going to let a real cat. Sorry Gracie, you're going to have to stay home. Mental note: make sure to check luggage carefully before leaving to make sure there is not a cat hiding inside.
Lastly, I've been planning and getting excited for two upcoming trips! The first is this weekend. This trip won't be very fun but it's super important. My mom and I are making a quick drive up to Minneapolis so that I can get a ferriscan done. This is the test that measure how much iron is in my liver. My ferritin levels (amount of iron in my blood) have been dropping rapidly so we expect to see the same with the ferriscan. If that is the case, transplant is a go! If not, I might have to wait longer. The ferritin levels have indicated that my ferriscan results should be in my favor. We'll see. I'll make sure to blog during the trip. The second trip is next weekend. I'm going to New York City! Again. This time I'm flying by myself and I'm going to stay with Laura, that amazing woman I mentioned in a previous post. You'll learn much more about her when I blog during my trip. I'm going out for 5 days/4 nights. This trip's timing is great because it'll be the last thing I do before leaving for transplant. Hopefully the joys of New York will follow me and help motivate me through transplant. I'll make sure to blog about that trip as well.
Later in the week I hope to find time to blog about COLLEGE! That's going to need a post of it's own.
Hope everyone has a lovely week and ENJOY THE WEATHER!
**Reason of the Day: It's currently 65 degrees outside. Nice weather is always a reason to smile (RTS)**
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