Waiting, waiting, waiting

Mike and I are waiting each day to find out if the lab results show any increase in the white blood cell count. If there is an increase, that would mean that the new marrow is engrafting and is beginning to do its job. The doctors say it should be any day now.

Today, Mike was really restless and was wanting to go home. He's feeling all caged up in the hospital room . I remind him that we're only halfway there and to have patience. We're probably looking at another week and a half to two weeks, depending on his blood counts. He's bored and agitated. Unfortunately, I'm not funny in any way, so I cannot provide comic relief and am of no entertainment value to him. :-(

Overall, he's feeling much better than before. They've taken him off of TPN today and he will resume eating solids again. Lately, he's had the sniffles, occassional sneezes and minor coughs, combined with a low grade fevers in the evenings (arrond 99.5 F) which the nurses are monitoring it closely.

I really hope the counts start going up. We could use some good news about now.