Carol and I have had a fun two-day slumber party here at Moffitt World! She is serious about bolting from the room as soon as she is untethered from the I.V. antibiotic drip, so one quickly learns to have their sneakers and sunscreen applied well in advance. Today we walked around the USF campus and wandered into the Student Center. We were impressed by this beautiful, open, sunlit, 4-story building. We took the elevator up to the top floor (Carol can’t go up stairs – blood pressure issues), walked each floor, and took the stairs down. Carol is tickled to have found an inside, air-conditioned venue for her walks when the weather gets too hot and muggy.
Healthwise, there is not much improvement in numbers, but this is expected for right now. The doctors expect to see her white blood cell count begin to climb between days 10 – 14. Today is day 8 (from the first day of the second round of chemo). Her white blood cell count is .04 (4.0 – 10.9 is normal). Her blood pressure was high all day yesterday, but it was more acceptable (130/77), last night when she was lying down in bed. She is taking a very low dose blood pressure med., and the nurses are closely monitoring her blood pressure to see if that needs to be changed.
Carol’s appetite has been very good while I have been here. Jaime keeps her personal fridge stocked with great food from the nearby organic market … as well as special concoctions created by Daniel and other friends with an organic, gourmet “thumb”.
I will sign off now as I am being challenged to a Scrabble game. Since I dominated the Upwords game yesterday, it’s the least I can do!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Your thoughts and comments are appreciated and will be read as soon as possible. Thank you in advance.