The white blood cells are coming!

Yesterday, on day 26 ( from her start of chemo) when I spoke with Margie, she had yet to start producing white blood cells and I learned that a person cannot get an infusion of white's like you can with reds or platelets. So, here she was at day 26 post chemo and had not replaced any of the wiped out white blood cells ( white are the ones that are key to the immune system- if you don't have them, you don't leave the hospital)
You or I walk around with about 3500 white blood cells.
She has to have 500 to leave the hospital and with this mornings blood draw, she's at 100. Way to go!

Other than that, a few bullet points on things that are happening:
- her rash is still present, tho she feels it's on its way out. Getting itchy-er tho- Taking benedryl for it to relieve some of the itch.
She decribed the look of the rash as Measels times 3. Ewww. Robert is sending me a c.d. with pictures, so I'll be posting them likely on the weekend.

-Mouth sores still present and continuing with a smoothy a day- otherwise she's on solids and the Big D is gone- Thank the big G!

-Next tuesday will be another bone marrow biopsy

-She's on one antibiotic now, down from 2

-Doesn't have a fever

-Sleep is still a huge challenge- only 1 to 2 hours at a time, what with her condition and the constant monitoring, there's medical personell in and out of her room virtually round the clock. She's figured out that by taking a "late" breakfast tray, she can sleep from about 6 to 9 , a three hour stretch which is now the longest she gets to sleep.

That's what I've got for an update for now. The key bit here being that her white blood cells have come up to 100!!

Way to go Margie! You're the bomb! (I know that that's a good thing, although I'm not sure what it means!)

Love, Kathleen

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