Monday, November 3, 2008

Almost there

Monday, November 3, 2008
Well, it’s again been awhile since I updated on the Greenways, but here we go.
10/27 was scheduled to be Tom’s first day of his last round of chemo, but his white blood count, was too low. So they gave him a shot (Neupogen?)to increase it. He got it Monday and Tuesday when he got his weekly treatment. When he got home Tuesday he started having chills (temp 98.8), he called the doctor and me, I came home from clinical (temp 101.3), then I took him to the doctor’s office (temp 103.3), and then he was admitted to the hospital (after almost passing out again). When we got to his room, his temp was 103.1 under his arm. That night the temp broke and he hasn’t had any temp since. While in the hospital (from Tuesday-Friday) he got IV antibiotics and a new PICC (big semi-permanent IV) because the oncologist thinks it was why he got a fever, but I have my own theories ;).
His surgery date has likely been postponed for a week, to give him more time to recover from this last bad week of chemo. So surgery will be sometime mid-December.
We are back home now and planning to start the last bad week on Monday. He’s feeling pretty good and walking around the house and stuff.
We appreciate all your prayers and kind words!
MB

1 comments:

Julie Young said...

We will keep you guys in our thoughts and prayers.

 
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