As of yesterday, Tim was officially neutropenic for the first time as his white blood cells were 0.4. This means that any little germ could make him spike a fever and he would have to be admitted to the hospital since this would be life-threatening. His hemoglobin was borderline low but I suggested to wait on a transfusion because last time it had gone up on its own. All day yesterday Tim was pale and yelling and seemed frustrated. He went to bed at 5:30 pm and slept until 6:20 am! Then he was still sleepy today so I took him in for a check, prepared for a 4-hour blood infusion. And guess what? His hemoglobin was up to normal and his white cells came up too! Horray! No infusion! I suppose his fatigue was just a side-effect of the chemo. And now we can go to my parents' for thanksgiving as long as they are not sick! Thank you God!
(we still have to be careful as his counts could come back down... but at least we can be at peace about it this weekend.)
We are looking forward to turkey and the great outdoors! I can't wait!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We sure have a lot to be thankful for!
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