Steve is starting the final week of recovery from round two of chemo in which his white blood cells and platelets are expected to recover in time for the round three of chemo which starts on March 4. There is another wrinkle in that he has developed a painful mouth sore from the chemo. We are trying all sorts of remedies to provide some pain relief and to heal it up, or at least to keep it from getting infected while waiting for the infection-fighting neutrophils to recover, which have been zero for the past 10 days. He has a low-grade fever right now, but less than 100.4, which is the point when he has to go to the hospital. He will go to the hospital this time if his doctor tells him to, he says.
Despite the latest setback with his mouth, the overall picture remains good with no serious complications. Phew! Today we went for a short snowshoe so he could figure out which trees need to be cut for the photo voltaic panels that will be installed in the spring.
He's not nauseous this time around and is enjoying eating. He also enjoys getting his bald head massaged, so if you're in the neighborhood stop by and give it a little rub.
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