Dr. Solberg is very pleased with Fred's response to the FCR (fludarabine, cytoxan, and rituxan) "cocktail" treatment. The FISH test (more extensive blood tests) taken last month showed all abnormalities in the normal range now. GREAT NEWS!
His blood work today is as follows:
Hemoglobin: 14.2 (normal range)
Red blood cells: 3.93 (low, but no concern right now)
White blood cells: 7.3 (normal range)
Platelets: 109,000 (low, we just have to keep an eye on this)
It has been a long day of chemo today. Fred is sleeping now. He has slept through most of the treatment today. Like I said it was long and the Benadryl really knocks him out. Dr. Solberg is cutting back on the Benadryl for the next 3 days of treatment so hopefully he won't be so "out of it".
Dr. Solberg explained to us today that the bone marrow biopsy will not be done next month. The rituxan usually stays in the body for up to 2 months following treatment, so they will wait until March of so before this procedure is done again.
Fred's last chemo treatment is scheduled for the first week of January.
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