So this week has pretty much been blood infusions or platelets or both, every day. Each day we are supposed to be at the BMT Unit at 7:30am (about a 45 minute drive from Cedar Hills) so they can check his bone marrow stem cell levels in the bloodstream. The problem has been that Ryan's blood count's have been so out of whack that they can't get a stem cell reading. The nurse keeps telling us this isn't uncommon for a patient this soon after chemo. The blood infusions usually take 3-4 hours. If he's just getting platelets it takes about 30 minutes. At least the cafeteria has OK food (but I'm sure it will get old fast) and the hospital has wireless internet access. I'm also able to work on some new advertising brochures for work so my time isn't going to waste. In the mean-time, I am still giving him 3 shots in the evening. I don't have to give him the injections in the morning as the hospital does it while we're here.
The hospital gave Ryan a 'pig mask' today. He'll have to post pictures of it but it's basically a respirator facemask that he needs to wear anytime he's not in his hospital room, our house or car. So anywhere there's a bunch of people, he'll need to be wearing it. If we go to a store or something, he'll look SCARY!
Steve
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