Will Trade Meds for Tacos

Hi World! I have had quite the interesting few days! Henry came to stay with me and that was nice. He even stayed over in the hospital room with me. It is the first time that I've seen him since I have been in here. It was so nice to finally talk to him in person. Accomplishment of the day: I did some homework and entered some projects in my schools art show. Still a little behind but I am glad to get things moving. So the past few days I have been having a very fluctuating temperature. At night I usually hit about 100, but then within an hour or so my temperature would go back down to 98. The nurses and doctors say that that's normal and I am basically expected to get an infection. I stared getting more cramps in my intestinal area. It actually hurt pretty bad and came in waves throughout the day. Then I hit a fever again and they decided to run tests to see where these infections are coming from, and to figure out the pains. It meant it was a busy day! Mostly busy fo...

My seven days straight of chemo is almost up! Around 6pm today the bag will empty and I will not have to be hooked up to any machines for a while! Now i have to get some tests done on my bone marrow to insure that the leukemia is gone, if it is now- another round of chemo. If it is- build back my blood cells! This blog post is very difficult to write because I have not be able to stay awake any longer than just an hour or so today. I am very weak and light headed and I don't have much appetite today. These are all common side effects that I am getting to the end of the chemo. So comical enough, as I type this my eyes keep closing and I keep losing focus. I hardly even know what I'm writing anymore! It's funny because everyday I think about how I am so drained, but then the next day comes and it seems like it is 10x worse. I didnt ever think I could sleep as much as I am right now! Here are some photos of me and my (possible) last bag of chemo!!!! By 7:...

I'm so glad that I can blog from my phone. This makes it a lot easier on days that I'm tired! Today was a weird day- I had to get tested on a few viral infections that I could catch on the hospital since my blood counts are so low. So most people have their blood playlet counts at 150. Mine are 19 Hemoglobin should be over 12 Mine are 6.5 I think I totally butchered the medical part of what I just said but just understand that they are looowww.  So today whenever I had friends visit me they had to put on masks and gowns so that they didn't infect me with any sort of viral sickness. It was funny but it's also weird. I am also a bit cold pretty often and still a bit weak. But hopefully we get those tests back soon tonight or tomorrow to see that I do not have anything viral! Today I NEED to address a BIG problem!!! So everyday I have had "fun" ordering food off of the hospital menu for three meals. There is something that is just so fun about ...

Today has been a little bit of a rough day, and I think it's the first of it's kind. I have felt really weak, tired and light headed. But the nice thing about this blog site is that I can blog from my phone! How covienient lol So when I was diagnosed I wasn't told that I will be losing my hair. There's always a chance you don't, but it seemed that all of my doctors said that it WILL be gone. So at the instant I knew that I wanted to have some fun with my hair. Paying it forward was one of the best options I decided on. I located a few different sites where I could donate hair and a lot of them had strict guidelines. I found that 8.5" was the perfect amount for me to donate and that company was Wigs For Kids. I talked to my hairdresser and on Tuesday March 7th, I went in to my craziest haircut ever! I knew I wanted to dye it something fun, but I left most of the freedom of what I would have with her!  We decided on a Magenta color with some deep blue and ...

I still can't even spell   Luekmia  lukemia     Leukemia Here is my first bag of Chemo (left) that I started on Friday March 17th. I will have 7 full bags of chemo 24 hours a day. Today (right) brings me to bag 4 which is very exciting. I am starting to feel extra tired and weak today as well. Being in the hospital hasn't been bad though. I have enjoyed the nurses so much! I really look forward to see who is going to be my nurse everyday. They are all so kind and understanding. They make me feel like my friends are taking care of me. One of my recent non-leukemia struggles has been keeping up with homework. I am lucky enough to have teachers who are willing to work with me so that I am able to complete this semester of school, my FINAL semester! This is really important to me. I have two months left, I can't give up now. It is hard to get the energy to do it, but I am slowly getting there.

I was officially diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on Friday February 17th at 11:30am. I didn't understand much about the disease, especially everything that I needed to do to get rid of it. At this point I was living in Orlando, Florida with a plan to move to New York with my boyfriend, Henry once I graduated in May. This plan was put on halt when my Oncologist in Florida suggested I begin treatment within the next few weeks. So, with the help of some AMAZING friends, I packed up everything in Florida and moved home to New Jersey a fast as possible. As of March 16th at 7:30pm, I have been admitted into the hospital for treatment for my Leukemia. So bare with me... there is so much more to type about this hole processes and I'm sure it'll be in crazy chunks so  PAY ATTENTION... or try So the very next day after my flight to PHL I had to go straight to see the Oncologist. I remember how weird this all felt. The week before, I was planning summer cruises an...