Just a quick post with better news -- looks like Ed turned the corner on this most recent chemo session battle. His whites have come up to just over 2.0 so that's progress in the right direction and usually the beginning of the upswing. Thank goodness! His platelets are still a little up and down and his hemoglobin was low enough that he needed more blood today, but the fevers are tapering off. If all continues to go well during the night and his counts look good in the morning, there's a chance he might get to go home tomorrow - need to get all doctors in agreement first etc. Keep your fingers crossed!
Oh yeah..... orthopaedic surgeon came in today to look at Ed's left arm weakness -- things it could be a rotator cuff issue - weird and unexplained - but he wants to just wait and see since the first diagnostic thing he'd normally do would be to put a needle in to find out what's going on. Since platelets are low, that's not a good plan right now. Said it could be one of several things, but just wants to wait until more immediate issues are stable before tackling that one. Everyone agreed and Ed feels that the pain is not as much today, so maybe whatever was going on it getting better on its own. He's coming back to check on Ed tomorrow.
That's it for now. Whites are up -- good news to end the day!
So glad to hear things are getting better -- I know this was a rough one, Ed. Hang in there brother, and get well soon.
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A shoulder MRI would be less invasive than sticking a needle in - that was the first thing they did to workup mine. Also, we talked about the clear head MRI; did they check carotid ultrasounds? (Something else very noninvasive.) I know, I just want to come down there and tell all of Ed's doctors how to practice medicine, but I'll try to resist. Good news on the whites; will continue to cross fingers, pray, whatever it takes to get him through the rest of this w/o any more problems. Love you - jeanne
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