Monday, November 3, 2008

Today was a VERY long day. It started at 7 am this morning and we got done at 4:30 pm. First was the CT scan, then blood work and then the doctor and then the chemo.

The CT scan results were great. His chest CT scan showed his lymph nodes are now normal in size. His abdomen CT scan showed his spleen is at the upper limits of normal size. The pelvis CT scan showed his lymph nodes are now upper limits of normal size.

His blood work results are as follows:
His hemaglobin was 12.9 (low but coming up)
His red blood cell count is 3.54 (low but coming up)
His white blood cell count is 6.3 (good)
His platelets are 160,000 (good)
His glucose is normal range
His bilirubin is normal range

Fred slept through most of his chemotherapy today. After they give him Benadryl he is out for the count. He is resting now. Like I said it has been a long day.

They decided that since his CT scan showed everything is progressing well that he will not have his bone marrow biopsy until after his 6th chemotherapy treatment.