Day +9

This is the view we have from Steve's room. I took this picture last week after the rain. Once you experience what it likes to be confined day after day you learn to appreciate having a view like this. There are some rooms in this wing where all you see is another building. Thankfully we have the benefit of seeing the sunset every night and when there are clouds across the sky it's even more beautiful!

Steve is still extremely tired. His counts are still low and he feels really crummy. Its hard for him to muster up the energy to do what the doctor's ask him to do, walk the halls and get out of bed more often. At times it seems he's beginning to improve but I've learned that he will have good moments in between a lot of bad ones. So until we see a real significant increase in his counts he's going to feel lousy. He's fevered twice over the past few days so they started him on more antibiotics, this is standard protocol. They also took a chest x-ray and found some fluid gathering in his chest so they pulled back the i.v. fluids and spoke to him about the importance of walking, taking deep breaths and sitting up in the chair (or he can get pneumonia). As you can see there is lot a patient is required to do in order to avoid serious complications. But when you feel this sick its just not easy.

Blood Counts

12/3/10

WBC 0.23

Hemoglobin 9.2

Platelets 21,000

ANC Zero

12/2/10

WBC 0.15

Hemoglobin 9.3

Platelets 3,000-they gave him platelets

ANC Zero