The walking cadaver (also known as Dr. Young) has sleepwalked his way back to his musty coffin abode never to return until the next full moon (or next weekend, whichever comes first). Which means today our little chubby cherub, Dr. Dreisbach, was back in action. Hooray! Three cc's for Dr. D! And on his little angel wings he carried not only smiles and rainbows, but lots of good news for our little lady.
First things first, all of mom's labs look pretty good. Her GRANs (combo of all the white blood cells) are starting to go up a little. This is a good thing, as now we want her body to start making them again. I know, it's hard to switch your brain over to voting for the little guys after routing for their demise for so long, but it's time to back the home team once again. At this point in treatment they tend to hover a little, going up one day and down the next, but if we see a steady increase for 3-4 days in a row, that's a great sign. So let's hope they eat their Wheaties and do their thing. Platelets are being lazy and just slowly dipping (think of platelets like little Dr. Youngs). They are at 9 today and hemoglobin is at 9.5. Dr. D says that sometimes they will switch between 9 and 10 for a couple of days before they start to hold steady and increase. So, he wants to hold off on transfusing today. He was extremely optimistic about how she is doing and (MOM'S DISCHARGE DAY SPOILER ALERT!) would like to get rid of her early next week- Monday or Tuesday. He eased her fears about going home and said that she is doing great and will be totally fine and that he actually feels guilty still keeping her here. I guess he doesn't know about the chaos that awaits her at the homestead.
He then gave her the best of news and said that when she goes home she can eat pretty much whatever she wants, no more dietary restrictions. Break out the carrots and onions, cause it's going to be a PAR-TAY! However after she has the bone marrow transplant, she will be on meds to suppress her immune system, so will need to be careful again. He also said it would be a good idea to get rid of all the plants in the house. So we need to give everyone's favorite palm springs plant man, Wayne, a ringy-ding to get his bum over and start getting those mold carrying death traps outta there.
I also asked our little bright eyed rosy cheeked friend about the rest of us getting tested for bone marrow. He said there really is no point. Siblings have a one in four chance of being a match and as for children, she has a better chance of getting a match from Australia. Or I guess China would be more likely. So look for mom to have strange cravings for fried rice and kitties in the future.
p.s. Mom wanted me to be sure and mention that Dr. Young told Dr. D that the sickest patient (meaning mom) was the easiest patient. I guess this means he was doing cartwheels and handstands in the other rooms.
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Get Rid of all the Plants! Has Dr. D. seen the house? Wayne better get started stat because it will take him until next week to get them all out of here. On a positive note I guess the dogs will not have an indoor/outdoor place to pee anymore!
Of course their are a few plants growing in the ground inside the house that we will have to chop down too. Great to hear the news that there may be an early release on good behavior.
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