Today I was scheduled for my 7th of 7 treatments, but my white blood count was too low. Instead, I was given medicines to raise both my hemoglobin and white blood count. Tomorrow I go back to have blood drawn to see if these indicies are responding. If so, my next treatment will be next Tuesday. Otherwise, I guess I will be given more blood.
I feel fine. I still tire easily, but I have better control over my pain and have adopted the plan to take dilaudid before my meals. Also, Dr. Mac agreed that I should run in IV fluids for three days following my treatments. Next week I will be taking home five one-liter bags of normal saline. I will run one/day on the day after, and two a day for the next two days.
David and Carrie will be coming to town this weekend! I am so happy that they both will be able to come this time. I am also happy that this weekend should be a good one since I will be skipping this week's treatment. Cindy has been looking forward to a "good weekend" for a long time. Since these post-treatment weekends seem to have become worse I too look forward to a weekend with less pain and nausea.
I will drop in another post tomorrow after I learn the results of the lab tests. So stay tuned; same bat time. Same bat channel!
Your brother in Christ,
Mack
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