November 13, 2003, DAY #16
Friends,
Wow, a busy day today. WBCs are higher, everything else is lower. Nevertheless, I felt much better today, since I didn't have to do the Vancomycin and Benadryl drill. So far I have been on three walks, totaling more than 2 hours of walking, including helping with the laundry. Kathleen left late this morning. After she left, I got in three hours of work, and had a friend of my Mom and Dad drop in for a visit. My appetite is good today. The only problem I have is what looks like a funny looking sunburn on my forehead and around my eyes and nose. I think this is a Redman Syndrome rash from the Vancomycin. The doctors are watching it carefully to be sure it is not GVH. I have figured out how to program my pumps, now, so if it starts beeping, indicating a problem, I usually just fix it and restart it. Sometimes I tell the nurses how to fix the problems if they can't figure it out. Most of them are pretty cool with that. I get a pretty good feeling about the ones who don't want to be told how to do something, so I refrain from helping them, unless I can slip in an idea as kind of a wild idea from left field.
On the medical front, I am taking the Mepron mentioned yesterday twice daily, with food. It tastes awful. Nothing else new. I am hoping they will start converting me to more oral medicines soon.
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| WBC | 4.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| RBC | 4.20 | 3.16 | 3.07 | 3.18 | 2.85 |
| HGB | 13.9 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 10.2 |
| PLT | 130 | 107 | 150 | 188 | 177 |
Ted
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