"Just the Facts"-- Rash head to toes, urine is much better, feeling OK but for the rash, numbers look good!
Oops I did it again. After a very busy week, weekend and then back to the new work week and getting B taken care of in the evening, I ran out of time to send an update. So here it is. Yesterday, B had to go back to the infusion center for a post hospital check up of sorts. They did draw some blood and took vitals to assess his well being after being released on Saturday from the hospital. He was doing OK, still allowing his bladder to recover, but that area continues to improve. The report was good and he didn't have to stay too long. He is however, covered from head to toes with a skin rash. This rash is attributed to acute GVH. This is a complication from the transplant. If you have to get GVH, Acute is the one you want. It shows up in the first 100 days and usually does not go beyond that. Also to get a little GVH is considered a good thing from all the research I have read. So his immuno-suppressant drugs have been up'd and we slather a thick cream on him morning and night. I use a glove for this as one time I didn't and I thought my hand was going to fall off afterwards! This is the latest challenge for B to deal with and he is doing OK, except his feet itch, hurt and burn all at the same time. It does different things in various areas.
The really big news is that his counts are looking really good. We sorta lost track of the counts last week in the hospital as we were dealing with the blood in the urine crisis. So now we can get back on track. We also lost track a bit of when he was getting blood and platelets and how much. But we do know it has been at least 3 days since he has gotten any blood, maybe more. They set a new threshold for platelets at 30, so if he goes below this he gets a bag. Remember the 7 and 9 and 11 or 13 counts? We bounced around in that area for a while. So the White cell count is at a whopping 8.2! This is really great, that is in normal range. But the best news, is the Red cell count is at 11.4!!!! we have not seen that in all of 2010 or 2011 till now. That is what we did all this for, is to see that number grow. Is that not just so amazing! We are so blessed by this report today, it makes putting up with the itches and issues OK to deal with, but of course we wish they would go away promptly. Now, we will plod along and deal each day with what is presented to us, but knowing the blood issues are improving each moment. And all this is what I consider answered prayer! Thank you. Thank you.
Until next time,
Hopeful Believer.
No comments:
Post a Comment