July 7, 2003
All,
Good evening everybody. I am very tired tonight, so this will probably be short. I was able to work a few hours today, which was encouraging. Thanks to my co-workers at SPAWAR for a nice card. I took a walk along the side of the golf course today, Menchie didn't like that but I had fun. It was wonderful listening to the bird and smelling the flowers on the trees.
On the medical front, the doctor says that I am doing great and he appreciates the amount of walk I am doing. Eating has been a little bit of a chore today. The nurse says that's because the chemotherapy has started to kill off the lining of my gastrointestinal tract from the mouth down. I am feeling some discomfort on a fairly constant basis. The nurse says that it will probably get better soon, I hope so. Still on the heparin drip, waiting for the coumadin to reach the proper level. I am guessing that my low energy level today probably indicates a blood transfusion tomorrow. I asked the nurse to make it extra large but she won't do it, go figure:-)
Lab Results |
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| WBC | 4.5 | .6 | .7 | .8 |
| RBC | 4.30 | 2.33 | 2.49 | 2.31 |
| HGB | 13.9 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.2 |
| PLT | 130 | 23 | 18 | 36 |
That's all for today.
Ted Wilcox
tw@wilcoxent.com