December 11 – Inspiration

Inspiration

We enjoyed a visit from our daughter, Deanna, yesterday. She brought along a little inspiration for Dennis from the kids – what do you think?


We are hopeful Dennis can be released on day 14 (the average), which is Friday December 14. We’re told patients are seldom released on the weekend, so we may be looking at Monday, December 17 – Dennis’ white blood cells are taking their sweet time finding a new place to live in his bone marrow. Although his number did rise somewhat this morning, it remains at 0.1 and will need to come up significantly.

Platelet Transfusion

Dennis received a transfusion of blood platelets yesterday. The platelet number had dropped to 3 so it was time to add some to his blood stream. It worked, too – his platelet number today is 20. We’re waiting for the doctor to make his rounds yet today to find out if Dennis will need blood; his red blood cell count (hemoglobin) dropped again this morning, to 8.6.

Dennis is feeling a little bit more energetic and was able to complete a mile in laps yesterday. His appetite is slowly returning - he appears to have a craving for bacon now.

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