6:05 PM Tuesday March 22, 2011

We just got home from Ed's appointment with Dr. Menco.  All is going fine, no surprises.  Patty changed the needle in his access port (has to be done every 7 days) and they drew blood.  Because Dr. Menco is a hemotology oncologist, they have all the equipment there to get certain blood test results on the spot instead of waiting for a lab.  Ed's white and red counts are dropping pretty dramatically (as expected) so he did get the Nulasta shot (a 2-week equavalent of the daily Nupagen shots Ed got in the hospital) to stimulate white cells.  They said he may have some bone pain in his back, hips, shoulders or chest plate but we have pain meds in case. 

So far it's been a good day - while I was at work, Ed and his Mom went for a walk around the neighborhood today - it was such a gorgeous day and I'm glad he felt like getting out before the rains come back....  Ed felt just a little crummy about the time we left for the doctor, but now he's just feeling tired so he's relaxing in the lounge chair with ....... you guessed it....... FOX news.  I'm going to have to fight for the remote to get my Jeopardy fix tonight, but will try to tempt him with a promise of Bill O'Reilly again at 8 PM.  If he falls asleep, I may take matters into my own hands and try to wrestle the remote from his clutches.  That usually doesn't work very well.......

We go back to the doctor on Friday morning for another blood count and that will determine the weekend visitor situation.  They want to monitor him every couple of days right now, so I'll let you know Friday afternoon about that.  Meanwhile, he's just resting and wearing a nice soft beanie to keep his chrome dome warm.  Very hip.