I just returned home from seeing Steve in the hospital. Not much has changed since he was admitted although he hasn't had a fever in a day or so. But the mouth pain continues unabated. He hopes to go his dentist tomorrow in Waterville. Steve also would like to go home but his doctor says not yet, considering the mouth pain, recent fevers, and a zero in the absolute neutrophil count (ANC) category. They aren't giving him a date when he can go home, but not before he has an ANC of at least 500, which hopefully will happen soon since the ANC should start to climb any day now. In the mean time, he lays around in bed and gets IV antibiotics.
He is discouraged and uncomfortable with the mouth pain and frustrated at being in the hospital. Despite his blue mood, he asked me for a game of Scrabble, and he almost won, but I pulled out a 66-pointer with a triple word point on QUIZ. I am boasting a bit -- before he was sick I rarely beat him in Scrabble. (But even with this whopper I only won by one point.) Hate to admit I'm taking advantage of him.
Email him if you have a minute; he reads his emails: buxie54@gmail.com
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