August 2, 2003
Friends,
Today has been an exciting and tiring day. I am writing this while sitting at my desk AT HOME! The dogs were really happy to see me. I don't have to worry about missing dinner anymore, I just "yell" at Menchie. I had spaghetti tonight for the first time in over a month, hmmmm. It is amazing how much one's appetite improves when one gets the food one wants. On a technical note, I had to type in the entire mailing list into this computer. I hope I got it all right. If you don't get this email, please let me know:-))))) That reminds me of an email I got from Microsoft informing me that there was a problem with my email. They then give instructions to ignore this email if you receive it. What a luxury it is to be at home surrounded by love ones.
On the medical front, all of my antibiotics have been discontinued, except for a daily Diflucan. I am still taking Coumadin and I have some medicine for nausea if needed. I need to take my temperature twice a day and report back to the hospital for lab work on Monday morning. The catheter in my neck has been removed. I am no longer neutropenic so I can eat what I want and go outside without a mask. My numbers continue to go up, generally. Hopefully, I will have my bone marrow biopsy early next week.
Lab Results |
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| WBC | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| RBC | 4.30 | 2.90 | 2.86 | 2.86 |
| HGB | 13.9 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 |
| PLT | 130 | 218 | 200 | 187 |
I hope you are all having as good a weekend as I am.
Ted
tw@wilcoxent.com