Low platelets written in Ink

Hey to you all : ) I hope life is finding you well. Mine is delightfully boring as always so I thought what better to do than bring it all to you in a blog! haha ;) Actually I have a bit of "off the beaten path" type stuff for you.

Tuesday night I went to Yellow Springs and got part 1 of my survivor tattoo! I am in love. The more I look at it, the more I love it. I am so impatient lol I cannot wait to get the rest of it finished. It is going to be so cool.

 This is on the under part of my forearm. The paper crane represents a Japanese traditions of folding a thousand paper cranes. It is believed if you do so you are granted a wish. Sadako Sasaki developed leukemia as a young girl from the effects of the atom bomb. She started to fold these cranes as a way to wish for leukemia to go away. So it has become sort of synonymous with cancer patients as well as other things. If you've been reading along with my journey, you know how much the crane now means to me. The wings say fighter and survivor. The ribbon on my wrist bone is the leukemia ribbon. The artist is going to combine the two with a chain of cranes in the next session. 


Today I had my first checkup since being officially in remission. She told me that everything looks good except my platelets are low. This could be a lab thing or it could be something. I have to go to my Dr. here in town for more labs next week to see how those come out. From there we'll know. If they go up no prob, if they go down I will probably need another bone marrow biopsy to see what is going wrong. I am doing my very best to stay realistic about this. It's kind of hard, not to be inside my head. I mean it's my worst nightmare. However I have been and do feel great so I think I am ok.

I am so excited to share with you guys a project I will be working on in the near future. I will be posting a facebook and google+ page for you to check out and I really do hope you will. I will be folding a thousand paper cranes for charity. The proceeds will go to LLS and the chain of cranes will be hung at the James Cancer Hospital at The OSU Medical Center. A great way to help towards our goal of getting rid of cancer and raising the spirits of those fighting so hard.

Well, that's all for now. I have been trying out some new recipes and working on some crafts so I'll bring those to you in the next blog or two. I hope you all have enjoy the rest of your day and take care. Thanks for reading! Please feel free to share, comment, +1 etc. I would love to hear from you :) Love ~H