Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Doctors came in last night and were hopeful that the increase in numbers from Sunday to Monday were a possible sign of remission. They took him off of the neupagen to see if his numbers will climb on their own and if it will help alleviate some of his pain. Dad seemed to have some renewed hope of remission. The next couple of days will be a good sign of that. He also told the doctors that he would like the biopsy before he is released home regardless of what his numbers are doing. He doesn't want to be sent home without knowing if his bones are packed with leukemia or not.

His numbers today weren't as we were hoping. They dropped a bit. This could be due to the lack of neupagen helping out, but we won't really know much until the doctor comes in this afternoon/evening to decipher the results. Dad is bummed as you can imagine, and with the new chest pain that he's having today, he's quite worried. It would be nice to have some answers soon.

UPDATE: 
Doctor came in and said that they would like to do a biopsy soon. Could be as early as tomorrow. They are still pretty positive that he's in remission and that his pain is due to the neupagen and his good blood cells increasing. Becky will also be going down tomorrow to be there with him this week.  They are also saying that he could possibly go home this weekend.