blood levels & REAL mothers...

i went 2 the cancer center yesterday 2 have my blood levels checked (they'll do this weekly)....luckily, it was only a finger prick & not a full-blown blood draw - yipee!

my white blood cells were just below the range they'd like me 2 b in, but not too low that they need to give me a booster (don't ask me of what med - not sure what exactly they'd do if my levels were too low)....my red blood cells were kinda low too - so i'm to try & get some more iron in my diet (2 prevent anemia)...but overall, i was a-ok to go...and it only took an hour! ~lol~

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now, here's an oldie (but goodie!) email that i got yesterday...it really fits me these days! as u could tell by the video game pic i included in my last post, our house is in some disarray right now...but do i care? not really! i've totally got my priorities in check these days! ;0)

Real Mothers don't eat quiche;

they don't have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils

are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors,

filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough

doesn't come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don't want to know what

the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?'

and get their answer when a little

voice says, 'Because I love you best.'

Real Mothers know that a child's growth

is not measured by height or years or grade...

It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother.