Feb 24, Day +28, Whoa, 7 hours of infusion

"Just the Facts"--  Counts are lower, 2 bags of blood, 1 bag of platelets, long day.

So, I missed a day.  Sorry about that, our home routine is kicking my booty a bit.  B had a 7:30 am infusion center appointment.  We knew he would need 2 bags of platelets as he has to have another bone marrow biopsy on Friday.  They want to make sure the platelet count is higher, because we don't want any bleeding after the procedure.  Well the blood draw put his Red blood count to 7.8 and that is too low to be walking around, so he got 2 bags of blood.  This plus the platelets made for a very long day.  He even put off 1 bag of platelets until tomorrow, and still he was at infusion for 7 hours.  At least they have really good recliners!  White blood counts are down to 5.4 and platelets are at 19.  So we are still waiting to see if the super cells will start building cells on their own.   The biopsy will reveal a lot of information, one, being how much of B's A neg cells are still hanging around in the marrow, and if the new cells have really set up house there.  This should be interesting and exciting news.

Home life seems to be going fairly smoothly, except for the persistent fever and getting too cold.  I finally was able to talk B out of the cotton sweater and into some fleece, so we will see how that goes.  I keep telling him he should listen to Dr. Karen, as she has called it right on several issues.  But we all know how that goes.  We also learned today that all the blood cultures were negative, so that is a relief.  And the fever could be from B getting cold.  His body is trying to keep warm and it produces a slight fever.  So we will concentrate on this a bit more.  Blessing are still abounding, as my lovely sister came in from Arizona and helped me with some house issues that took a ton of time, which I just don't have.  She is a wonder in cleaning and organizing and I love her for what she has done at the home, but more for being such a great support along with her husband.  Bless you both.
Until next time,
Hopeful Believer.