Well, things are going ok. John was able to switch rooms yesterday and that was fabulous. He was tired of staring at a brick wall. Two and a half weeks of that got really old. He was actually waiting for a certain room though. But this one opened up. He looked at it and wanted it. It has 2 huge windows and he loves it. So nice to have a change of scenery.
He has more mouth sores :( Could be worse though. But bad enough to be on a pain pump with a constant drip of dilaudid. It definitely helps. His tummy pain is completely gone :) He has been "eating" ok. His calories actually consist mostly of ensure drinks and shakes. But, he's getting about 1500 calories a day so that is good. Although the dietitians would love it to be closer to 2000.
The good news is that his counts have started coming up. Pretty early too :) That was our plan though. His platelets, hematocrits and red blood cells all came up with out a transfusion yesterday. Also his white blood cells have been at 0 for about a week or more. They were at 100 today!
So, to come home: no fevers, no infections, in GVHD, and his neutrophils have to be at 500. Those were still at 0 today. Pretty sure those will start coming up tomorrow though. Once they start coming up it usually only takes a few days to get to 500!! And once the neutrophils start coming in they will start to heal his mouth sores pretty quickly! So, now we wait and hope and pray.
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