SUNDAY - THE STORY OF THE PATIENT PATIENT

SUNDAY NIGHT - THE STORY OF THE PATIENT PATIENT. I have to admit it is a wee bit emotionally taxing. But have a look at the chart below and you'll see that in spite of my doctors saying, just be patient, your numbers will come back up soon....in a couple days. You will see that they have not really changed much even with twice daily antibiotics by mouth and IV [which don't really directly affect my CBC's but do prevent infections...which I don't have now], and a daily Neuprogen shot in my tummy to boost white bloods cells and the bag of Platelets a few days ago. I am trying to be patient. Dr. Desai said today, They WILL come back in a couple days for sure; your bone marrow will kick in. I told him I felt like just laying in bed, watching TV and waiting. But he said, Don'. Keep walking laps and working at your computer. So, OK, I'm on it. 

Oh, I forgot to tell you yesterday about my IV. So I noticed that the line in my left arm was a bit red and swollen all of a sudden. Yep, the needle was leaking under my skin. I kind of thought the nurse ---- not from this floor--- who put it in was less than expert; but, hey, whadda I know. So, it needed to be pulled and a new one put in. My nurse made three stabs [pokes or "you're going to feel a prick," in my right arm but could not hit a decent vein. Maybe no surprise because I am getting a bit beat up now in the arms. So she calls Crystal who just happened to be working on my floor yesterday ---who I know pretty well----and she got a line going in my left arm. Hooray, 4 tries was enough. But Crystal works down in the infusion center in the Cancer Center so I expected that she was much more experienced with hard [axx] cases like me. 

Today I've got almost 2 miles in lap[s in, watched a nifty WWII flying movie on Amazon Prime, did a bit of work, and chatted with Dawn here for a couple hours. She will get to sleep at home tonight since her mom's caregiver is coming back from Chicago at 6 tonight after a short vacation.

I appreciate your comments and prayers so much. The first thing Dawn always asks is, "What did you write today and lemme look at the comments." 
Hugs, Bob