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Wed, 22 Mar 2006
We have found Neutro Phil!
Our favorite superhero, Neutro Phil, has returned. And, he came back
with 449 of his friends. Nate's ANC is now 450. Awesome. Very, very
good. The magic number is 500. The way things currently stand, it is
very possible that Nate will get released from the hospital tomorrow.
They'll stop the vencomycin, which he's been getting because of the
bacterial growth in the blood culture (which they suspect is due to
contamination... maybe of the sample).
So, what a difference a couple days make. I gotta run. Christa has
been up at the hospital since last night, and I'm gonna swap out with
her for tonight.
Thanks for the positive thoughts, prayers, whatever else is making for
Nate's recovery now.
- Greg
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Sassy punk.
Yesterday we talked to the attending oncologist, and he isn't as
concerned with the slow recovery as I had picked up from the other
doc. In fact, he said that if Nate's counts keep heading up, even if
slowly, then he's not gonna do the bone marrow aspiration on Thursday.
One point he made was that since we're treating Nate w/ antibiotics,
his body doesn't really have to step up an immune response to fight
it. So, maybe his counts would be going up faster if he wasn't on
antibiotics. Kind of weird, but that's what we got from it.
Nate's doing pretty good, actually. He's a bit of a punk, very sassy.
He's been going to school in the hospital (they have the
kindergartners from 9;30 to 11:30), so that keeps him occupied for
some good periods of time. Also, he's been in the play room when it's
open, and been playing the playstation games in there.
Yesterday I came up to the hospital at lunch, and after work. Christa
went home for a few hours last evening, and then came back. Nate was
asleep, so I actually got to sit and talk with her for like a half
hour. I miss that. :-)
Thanks for checking our site.
- Greg
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