After a rough start, Steve continues to improve. Fewer
headaches, no fevers, his breathing has improved and he has an appetite. He
gained about 15 pounds of fluid, but now even that is decreasing. He lost five
pounds since yesterday. Everyone is breathing a sigh of relief.
Steve’s white count is zero, which is just where the
doctors want him. But it does make him prone to catching viruses and other
infections. He is on antibiotics and anti-fungals which should catch the bugs
before they cause trouble.
The nursing and medical staff are great – they are
one step ahead of potential complications, and quickly treat the ones that do crop
up.
His IV chemo was discontinued tonight – hooray! Tomorrow
he starts on the chemotherapy that is used in the clinical trial, which is a
pill he’ll take every day for two weeks. In two weeks the doctors will do
a bone marrow biopsy to make sure Steve is in remission.
No drugs to get rid of the fluid, and no blood
transfusions today – he feels like he had a day off! He really feels good.
The tree of IV bags has been mostly discontinued.
He has a lot of reading to catch up on.
We are all thankful you are feeling better. Thinking of you all on this day
ReplyDeleteLove and all best wishes to you ALL. This is great news. The pizza on the last entry looked yumola! I hope your sense of taste is in tact! All's well in Belgrade. i dropped Gina's dish off at your house today. No waterfall sounds coming from the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteKeep those cowboy boots on!