The dreaded phone call

Last Friday, Nonnie was feeling very weak and could barely muster up the energy to walk around her house. She received a phone call at 2:00 P.M. saying that she needed to get to the hospital because her risk for infection or bleeding was a major concern.  Papa drove her to Riverside Community Hospital, and by 3:30 P.M. she was admitted for the night. On Saturday morning, she got 10 units of platelets and 2 units of whole blood. This made her feel soooooo much better. She was literally doing jumping jacks so well that Jack LaLane would be jealous! The preliminary report was that she had a form of acute Leukemia. The rest of the day would be spent waiting for authorizations from the insurance company to get transferred to a specialty center to begin treatment.