Multitasking

It was a very long night. Apparently there were a few things that had to be confirmed and completed before Steve was given the chemo. So by the time everything was done it was 1:30 in the morning when he was given the melphalan. So there he was sucking on popsicles from 1:00am to 2:30am.

So here he is doing some of the things he likes to do......listening to Rush Limbaugh and Larry Elder, reading his Jeg's catalog while wearing his favorite hat. His hemoglobin went down last night to 8.5. So they are giving him a transfusion. We were told this is normal. I sure hope so because it looks like he'll be getting a lot of transfusions.

For those of you who might be interested in knowing his numbers I'll update them on a regular basis. Here are today's counts:

White Blood Cells (WBC)
4.o5 (Normal 4.3-10.8)
Hemoglobin (related to red blood cells)
8.5 (Normal 13.2-16.9)
Platelets
290, 000 (Normal 150,000-400,000)
ANC (Absolute Neutrophil Count, important for fighting off infections etc.)
Not given to us today, to early to be low.