Photo on the left of Chris and the lemur.
Not too much to report today...
I spoke with Chris in the morning when I woke up.. He was just resting...
Fever from last night hung around a bit around 100- 100.5 but he was doing better
I came to see him late morning with my mom...
He said the doctors were happy with his bloodwork... I guess whatever they see is telling them that the antibiotics are working... all the doctors were here before i got here... I can never figure them out... when I slept here sometimes they didnt get here til noon.. when I sleep home, they come at 7am ... oh well...
Me and mom hang out with him for a few hours.. he is sleeping on and off.. but he needs it... he has to rest... and he had a long weekend with all his family... time to recover ;)
Lew is en route to Floriday already...
He got vitamin K today as well as platelets and some albuim (totally spelling it wrong) it was to help his swelling go down... i think he retained a lot of water... I think he got some potassium too.. and magnesium...
I think the vitamin K was to help prevent bleeding cus his platelets are low...
I might have some of this mixed up.. I got my items correct, i just might have the drugs mixed up with the reasons...
Platelets make him sleepy too...
Chris is getting a little overwhelmed with his frequent need to go to the bathroom especially since it involves a bedpan and calling a nurse or tech...
PT (physical therapy) is coming tomorrow... they are gonna help him get moving
The white blood cell count was .1 yesterday.. and today they are up to .2 Sounds like not much, but in the world of chemo recovery, that is great.. he is on his way up...
Once the White blood count gets higher, along with the antibiotics, he should get rid of this infection and have more energy
The infection, chemo, and diareaha, and meds and whatnot have made the fatigue so bad
Once the bowels get better (he is still getting food through IV, and eating ice chips) he can start eating and that will also make him stronger
I examined his legs myself today and those bumps he had are sooo much smaller.. that is good news... they were leukemic, so the chemo seems to be shrinking those too...
Chris was upset about how sick he got from the chemo saying "oh yea, you are gonna get a lil sick from the chemo.. some diareaha, some nausia... blah blah blah... but this is ridiculous" and all i could do was remind him that its helping him in the long run... and to hang in there.. after a brief bit of frustration/emotions, chris is back in the game.. he is hanging better than most...
We watched the Jets game... Favre is really doing well... 40-0 at halftime...
My dad brought me lunch and picked up my mom ...
We both napped a bit here... and now we have the night game (Giants) on... His night nurse is Tanya again... she is from Connecticut and went to Georgetown... we like her
Chris is loving his lemur (lemar? lemure?) no idea how its spelled...
and he still is thinking of a name...
Aunt Cathy mailed him a hawaiian shirt yesterday so i brought it to him today... he is excited
I am going to go home eventually just not sure if its during the game or after it ends.. and i will stop and see him in the morning before i go to work...
Nick, the CCT was helping out on this side of the floor tonight...
He lovesss Nick... he bonded with him when he crashed in June and came to this floor then...
Unfortunately, when he saw Nick tonight, i was giving chris a hand with the bedpan when he walked in.. but i know Chris feels comfortable around him...
Well, thats about all for now...
love jenn
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