October 8, 2008

My hemoglobin held at 10, my Hct went from 28.3 to 28.4, My White Blood Count held at .9 & my platelets went from 14 to 34 without an infusion. This is the first time since I was diagnosed that my platelets have went up on their own. Unfortunately my neutraphils are still sitting at 100 they did not move up or down.

I cleared my VRE cultures for the 3rd week in a row so I am off all contact precautions. Me & the Dr I don't like are still on awkward terms, I tolerate her & she don't know what to say. I want out of the hospital so bad I can't stand it, this waiting game is like watching paint dry. My Nurse Practitioner said that it is possible for my neutraphils to double & even triple in a day so we will have to wait & see. She is optimistic I will still get out this weekend, I hope she is right because the Dr. is saying next week.

I talked with Major Mulhorn from the base today, he tried to ease my concerns with my military career. I am going to try to go down to the base after I have been out of the hospital for a week or so & get a copy of my medical records & talk to a flight surgeon.

The Discharge Planning Nurse came in to talk to me in the afternoon. Marcus got all upset because he does not want me having anything done at Madison County Hospital. I will need to have multiple blood draws, PICC flushes & a weekly dressing changes that are not worth the gas to go all the way into Columbus. The nurse is trying set this all up for me. After explaining to him they will not be treating me Marcus finally agreed, I will still have to come to Columbus for Clinics & infusions. It sounds like I will be home for about 2-3 weeks before I have to come back in & start consolidation chemotherapy, if what they are telling me is right I should only be admitted for 5 days each round on 4 separate occasions. When I went to group today they were telling me that the Chemo is going to get tougher & my body which has tolerated it well so far is going to start wearing down. I told them well see about that.




Chanie & Krawski from ORW (I always butcher Krawski's name) came to visit me. Chanie brought me 4 cups of tomato soup & I had to laugh. We had a really nice visit. I did not go out & walk earlier because it looked cold & rainy out, but when they left I walked out with them & it was actually really nice out.




Jeff one of the nurse aide's had a list with a ton of movies on it. I picked out a few & he brought me in the Big Lebowski & season 1&2 of My name is Earl. I started watching the My Name is Earl Season 1, normally I don't watch TV at all, but the time goes so so slow up here. This show is the epitome of white trash & it is so stupid it's funny. So that should pass the lag times until I get outta here. That's it for now we will have to wait & see what the counts say tomorrow.