Well, we got home last night after a long drive in traffic. Stopped to have some dinner, then pharmacy and home. Ed had spaghetti & meatballs which he enjoyed and then he had his first night of tube-free sleeping without the TPN since February 13th! Ed started feeling the effects of the chemo last night and today, but came into the office this morning for a bit and ran some "hot rod" errands. Trying to beat the swan dive of white cells that we expect after every chemo.
His white count is still pretty good but he really started feeling crummier by this afternoon (a true medical term). We went to Dr. Menco at 2 this afternoon for Ed's Neupagen shot and we discussed some strategies for keeping him "safe" during this next week and a half of neutropenic exposure. Depending on his counts, Dr. Menco said he may just hospitalize him as a precaution, but meanwhile, we'll try and get through the weekend. Luckily, Dr. Menco is on call this weekend if we need him, so that feels reassuring. We learned that Ed received a 50% stronger dose of the ARA-C this time than the last time we were at UCLA, so he's probably going to feel the effects a little more acutely, but we have lots of tools to manage that - all of them in little brown bottles with white caps......no not Coors Light!
Must get home so I'll run for now.....back tomorrow with more blogging. Enjoy your Friday night!
Ed, here's to your counts staying up & no hospital visits over the weekend. Maybe Liz will get some much needed rest. Liz thanks for all the info. Love Deb & Phil
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