Today will be exactly a week since Mr. T stopped eating. He had a boiled egg last Thursday morning. I've been trying to get him to eat but to no avail. I am not allowed to use the 'f' word in front of him...and I mean 'Food'.The Drs want to see him start eating but he's just too sick to even try. He continues to need gravol and ondanestron for his stomach....and doesn't even want to play x-box or watch television.
Today they are starting his last chemo treatment and I'm excited about that. It will start today and end on Saturday....then we wait for his counts to come up.
When someone gets chemo it wipes out all your counts....everything will hit bottom....and then you wait for the counts to come up again!
Right now...his counts are:
Hemoglobin is 86*
Platelets are 57*
Neutro-polys are 0.46*
But his neutro-polys will take a dive after this chemo treatment.....go right down to 0.00 and very slowly they are expected to come up again.
They tell us that when his neutro-polys are 0.20.......we can stay at Ronald Mcdonald House.....and go back and forth for blood work......and when they hit 0.50........WE CAN GO HOME!!
Well....just for a little break before we head to Toronto for 7 to 8 weeks.
We are really looking forward to going home even if its only for 4 or 5 days....that would be Heaven!
Today is our 60th day here!
Mr. T is well aware that even if he will get to go home for a break, he can't go anywhere...and we have to limit the number of people that come over.
But he can have his best friends over....he can swim with them or game with them...have a few of his friends sleep-over (if they are not sick & if they don't have anyone sick at home) and have BBQ's every day.
This is all providing that his counts come up and there are no complications along the way!
The hospital gave us 'tentative' dates for Toronto. Admission will be July 7th....and Bone Marrow Transplant will be July 11th...providing everything goes well. Now...if we can just get through this last chemo session. I'm hoping it will go better than last weekend!
4 comments:
Good luck with this last chemo, Young Warrior. We'll be thinking of you.
Jennifer
Hugs, prayers, get well wishes are being sent your way.
Thanks everyone.
We read and appreciate every comment left for Mr. T. I read them to him when he's feeling okay. Lately he just doesn't want to watch television or play his games. Hopefully he can get through this last chemo.
Your prayers and warm wishes are greatly appreciated.
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