The Boxer

This is Patty Maloney, blogging for our warrior princess DonnaLee again.

DonnaLee hopes you all had a happy Thanksgiving. She said she doesn’t need to let you all know the importance of friends and family, as we are feeling it more than ever this season. She wanted me to convey that she can feel the love and prayers everyone is sending her way, and that she loves you all SO much.

DonnaLee had a wonderful Thanksgiving surprise, for which she is grateful - she got to go home from the hospital!

Though I don’t have a full report on DonnaLee’s health status, I do know her doctors are still fighting for her, trying to find out the cause of why the hemoglobin and platelets are breaking down instead of just treating the symptoms. In the hospital, she had felt scared and anxious the longer she was there. But DonnaLee is all in to keep fighting, especially since her doctors and friends and family are willing to continue to fight (and boy does she have a family of fighters on her side!). Does this surprise any of us who know DonnaLee so well and have seen her beat back cancer time and again?

Once at home on Thanksgiving, the “A team” - her daughter Taryn, and Taryn’s boyfriend Cody and dad Chris - got DonnaLee set up with a bed and nightstand on the ground floor, so she can navigate easier. Then DonnaLee’s cousin Lisa and Josh arrived from the west coast later that day. DonnaLee has had lots of company, which has made her a bit more tired than usual. So she asked you to please excuse any radio silences.

Coming up: lots of doctor appointments. DonnaLee’s a little anxious to find out how she’s been doing without the constant monitoring she had in the hospital. There may be decisions ahead that she doesn’t feel ready to make. Such as would she need to go back to the hospital (certainly hope not!)? Or does she need home care services?

Finally, a shout out to all the fellow warriors keeping her in the fight. DonnaLee says you know who you are and you have the battle scars to prove it.

Love and blessings to all!