Happy Thursday! Ed is feeling good today - just bored with being in the hospital. He slept a lot yesterday and last night after enjoying a homemade chocolate milkshake I took up in a thermos. He hasn't found any of the hospital food that appeals to him, so I'm happy to take whatever he feels like eating. It's just good to see him eat.
I called his nurse this morning and she gave me the lab results from his 5:30 AM blood work --his white count is up to 1.9 today which is a good sign that his immune system is recovering from the chemo. His reds are up too after the 2 units of blood they transfused yesterday. His platelets ae still low, and they'll decide later today if they need to give him some. He wants to come home, but it probably won't be for a day or two more so they can continue the course of IV antibiotics and give his white count more time to get up to the normal range of 4-11. Knowing he's there and very restricted from his own ideas about what's "reasonable" for him to be doing, I actually came home around 11 last night and slept so soundly that I gifted myself with some extra shut-eye this morning. Called the shop at 6:45 to make sure it wouldn't hang anyone up if I stayed home.....then I fell back to sleep and didn't move until 9 AM! I must have really lneeded it......that's usually impossible for me.
Dr. Mazur and Dr. Menco will be in at lunch time, so I'm gonna get ready to go, take Ed some soup in a thermos and head out.
By the way, for those of you who know Ida at the shop, today is her 25-year anniversary with Lloyd's Plumbing! Congratulations and loads of appreciation for her dedication and loyalty - certainly a cornerstone of the company success! Thanks Ida.....for all that you do. You're amazing!
First let me say congrats to Ida --- for putting up with Ed for 25 years! Where did you get your earplugs?? LOL. Seriously, glad to hear you are doing better, Ed! If you're bored you must be feeling better. Liz, good for you that you got to sleep in today, hopefully there weren't any gardeners in the neighborhood to disturb your golden slumber :). Love you guys, TC
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping us posted. I am with you, thinking of you and praying for you. I would love to see you, and as always here if there is anything you need. Can't wait to give you both a HUG. I am calling Ida now, (it's 22 years for Ida and I).
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