Heart4Ash (Skwig)

Hey guys, hope all y'all had a good week. Tuesday after the last home game of the Real Salt Lake my throat was not feeling the greatest. I thought it was from the sour startburst  I was chopping down on during the game. So I just went to bed not thinking anything, until I woke up in the middle of the night with my throat hurting. I was hoping that it would go away before the sun came up. I woke up before the sun to go to the gym, but my throat was still there. I warmed up some water and threw some salt in it and gurgled some of its salty goodness. My throat wasn't that sore after so I put on some gym attire and headed downstairs to get the hubby up and at it. While I was going down the stairs, I thought to myself the gym is crawling with germs. Your white blood cells (WBC) are really low, maybe you shouldn't go. I ended up getting back into bed til  7:20 am. I tried calling the clinic where my doctors are at, but I got no one. I fell right back to sleep til  my husband ca

Training for this half marathon is killin  my can . I ran 7 miles! The longest ever. My endurance is getting better though I can feel it. When I am running my muscles aren't telling me to stop anymore and I am breathing much better too. I love that now I can continue to keep challenging my body. Yes, I know this might sound silly, but I love the feel of sore, tired muscles. So on Wednesday I had an appointment with the doctors and this time they just took my blood. So happy that they don't have to go through my neck for my biopsy. Just a test called Alomap. My blood work showed that my white blood cells are low. This means that my immune system is really, really low. No bueno . Some of the side effects of low white blood cells (WBC) are fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath and recurrent of infections that are difficult to treat. I am very used too the first 3 and I am feeling a wee bit fatigue, but all is good. My doctors decided to lower my cellcept to 2 pills in the morni

Crazy past few days in the Askwig household. First off I want to thank everyone that came out yesterday to the DASH4ASH. I was so amazing the people that showed up so thank you from the bottom of my heart. We had 7 people sign up to be donors. If you aren't a donor go online and google Utah donor registry. You could save someone's life like me. At the 5k we had Barney a 2 time liver recipient and Julie a 2 time kidney recipient there. They were just as grateful to their donors and being able to do things in the day to day life without struggle. Thanks to all my friends that came out to support, I truly appreciate it!  Barney, Me and Julie Jen , Me & Abbie Leslie, Me and Espi Before the 5k we had our last meeting to get everything locked and loaded for Saturday. My cousin Jen flew in from Houston, Texas to help out. Everyone was a little tense and stressed, but we pull it off. Stuffin swag bags, getting all the raffle items together and letting t

This week is all a blur to me. Monday I had my clinic appointment and guess what? They said I can do a half marathon as long as I listen to my body and walk or rest when I need to. I am now training and it is not easy. I am doing this program that runs 3 days and 2 days of cross training, it is kicking my butt. It feels amazing though at the same time hahaha . I love that I sweat, I have to wear deodorant now, love it all! I used to not wear any deodorant for the past couple of years because I never got my heart rate up to make myself sweat. Pretty sad. So thankful for my heart. I am in awe every single day. I ran 6 miles with a little bit of walking, but that the furtherest I have gone. So proud. Afterward, I'm not even tired. I mean I'm tired of running, but I am able to go on with my day which is wonderful. This weekend was a great weekend because we had General Conference. I love hearing the words and teaching of the prophets. So many great talks were spoken. I really enj