Day12 and I'm Going Home Tomorrow

Yea! My counts have really jumped over night, and I have not have a temp for 2 days. I am scheduled to go home tomorrow (8/12). I'm ready to go too. I have noticed hair starting to come out from my head and even my eyelashes. I've decided to have my head shaved to minimize the mess in the bed. Watch for a photo of the new me.

End of Day 10- very little improvement

This is Sue. George is so exhausted he cannot write on his blog. From Friday to today his white blood cell count has come up from 0.1 to 0.3. Normal is 4.2 to 10.2. The wiz kid has slowed down a little. The Dr. says not to worry; soon his count will start zooming up. But for now he is very, very tired. At this time they are expecting he will go home no sooner than Thursday or Friday but we just have to wait and see what happens.

My First Day With The Fever - Ugh!

My body is tired to begin with and now it has to deal with a fever. I slept all day except for the visits to take my vitals. I did not eat one bite of solid food. The fever has been hovering in the 99.5 to 100.6 range all day. All I want to do is sleep. This is Day8. They say my counts should start recovering soon.

This is the Doctor Speaking - Activate The First Fever Protocol!

I got my first fever. It spiked to over 102 at midnight which triggered the First Fever Protocol. They took a chest X-ray and drew blood to start a number of cultures. Since we do not know what is causig the fever, they start these cultures to see which one will "grow". Based on that they can tell what kind of bacteria I have and give me the correct antibiotic.

Three Days of No Energy and No Appetite

I have been laying in bed for three days. I don't even have the energy to take my walk in the morning/  I can't keep my eyes open most of the time. My Blood Counts continue to fall.

Today is "The Day" Plus 4

We have a funny way of counting days here in stem cell transplant land. The day that I got my stem cells returned to me is "The Day" or Day Zero. I got my chemo 2 days before that on Day-2. Today is Day +4 or Day 4. They are telling me that my blood counts should hit rock bottom on Day7 and that will be the worst time for my symtoms. After that, I should be getting better on a daily basis. The are projecting that I might be able to leave the hospital around Day 12 if my counts go up as expected.

No Side Effects - No Appetite

I have no appetite. My taste buds are on a wild drug-induced ride and make things taste stronger or weaker. If I get a ham and cheese omlet, the ham tastes like a block of salt. Or, the cherries on the cherry cheescake are s-o-o sweet that I cannot eat them. Today, 5 days after chemo, nothing tastes right. The are no other side effects to report.