His WBC count is up to 0.4(was 0.3), hemoglobin is up to 7.9(was 7.6), his platelets are down tho to 17 from 30 yesterday. He also had a low fever(100.2) very early this a.m. He will be getting 2 more units of blood today. He probably won't be getting out of the hospital for 5 days or so, it all depends on his levels.
Feel free to send online cards to him if you want. I don't think they will deliver them until Monday.
Here is the link to the form:
He is in room 7023 and the facility is the hospital on North St. Francis.
I brought him a ham&cheese croissant from Bagatelle Bakery this morning (Mary&Dennis you'll remember these delicious treats!) and hopefully he'll be up to eating it once his headache goes away; he ate an english muffin with sausage and bacon earlier. The combination of the antibiotics, GM-CSF shots, and blood he's getting leaves him tired most of the time and increases his headaches. He's on the same pain meds here he's prescribed for home use and they seem to be working. The antibiotics and shots also give him chest pain. Unfortunately these are all common side effects of the treatment, including the neutropenia.
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