Thoughts and prayers for a friend from Puzzle Pirates

[sugarplumkitty]

If I get a chance to chat with her again, I'm going to ask if she has an LJ. Last night after I finished my card design, I logged on to puzzle pirates to check my shops. They've been eased along for the second half of the quarter and mostly ignored since two weeks before finals.

The first thing I noticed was my senior officer has reappeared after several months of being gone and is now handling his shop again. YAY! I'm free to just run my own!

Then I got an "Ahoy" from my friend Boochinmarie. She was wanting to talk about the battle she's having with acute lymphocystic leukemia. I had no idea she was sick at all and here she is battling it for the fifth time in 19 years. She's unusual because most people are stricken with this before they're 20. Hers hit the first time at 22. She had a bone marrow transplant the beginning of November and has been in the hospital ever since. They're trying something new with her. They've taken donor marrow and somehow charged it with destroying the existing marrow. It's supposed to be easier on her than the old way of destroying her marrow with radiation then giving her new marrow. After a while she won't have to take anti-rejection drugs.

Last night she was running a 103 degree fever and was waiting for them to come and get her for a spinal tap to find out exactly what is going on to cause the fever. I told her I'd send positive thoughts and asked her permission to send prayers. She said she'd appreciate it. This afternoon I happened to think, the more prayers she gets, the better!

So if you're inclined, please send her prayers and positive thoughts! She's in an emotionally painful place, too. She lost her dad, grandmother and another family member in the last two months. As she said, 2005 really sucked for her.

I'll let you know if I see her on Puzzle Pirates and get an update. I'm so worried that I won't see her there again.

Comments

[honeyswtrose.livejournal.com]

Sending lots of prayers her way.

[sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com]

Thank you! She's such a nice person.

[angelsmum.livejournal.com]

Oh that poor woman. Positive thoughts to her.

[sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com]

thank you.

[ninjafeline.livejournal.com]

aww, that's horrible... hope they find out soon what's causing the fever and she gets better! xxxxxx

[sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com]

Hmm.... I'm getting suspicious now. She was logged on until I asked her how she was doing and she logged off about 30 seconds later without responding at all.