Home, sweet home…

Yesterday, Monday the 17th, Carol’s white cell counts made it to 1.28 and the neutrophils made it to 490 from her 5 AM draw. The doctors made their rounds and gave her and Susan the good news…they were being evicted.
Her white cell counts climbed up quite rapidly and gave Carol the much needed break from the hospital, the IVs, the nurses and the wake up calls.
We don’t know for sure when she’ll go back to Moffitt for the transplant, but for now she is home sweet home……..
For Carol’s continued care while at home, one of the nurses that checked us out, gave us some guidelines to follow and a list of activities to avoid. I was also instructed how to administer one daily injection of Neupogen (under the nurse’s guide) which boost her white cell counts. Carol said I didn’t even hurt her. Good thing because I have 6 more shots to go.
Dr. Chu, her local oncologist, will monitor her blood counts to make sure they maintain the necessary levels as they continue rising. If transfusions are needed they can be given at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Next week she will have another Bone Marrow Biopsy at Moffitt to make sure the blasts are staying away and a week later she’ll have an appointment with Dr. Lancet at Moffitt to go over the results and discuss the next steps.
Of course she is a bit overwhelmed having been away from home for a long time, and getting back to her new normal.
Today Carol's aunt Natalie flew in from Philly to visit for a few days. The original plan was for the visit to take place while at Moffitt hospital, but with the quick eviction Carol received, the visit was moved to Sarasota instead.
We will still post blogs as needed, but may be less frequent.
Thank you.
Jaime