Monday, May 4, 2009
Nadir
Last night Jim received two units of blood which raised his hemoglobin, but prevented him from sleeping most of the night. So today he was extremely exhausted but couldn't sleep. He became very anxious when he heard that his neutrophils had hit zero so I had to ask his nurse to call the doctor and ask for an order of Ativan (an anti-anxiety medication). His tempeature never went above 101.5 today, so that was an improvement. He called me a short while ago when I got home and said the night nurse was going to give him something that will "knock him out" and Jim sounded happy for the first time today. Lets hope he gets that much needed night's sleep! Barbara
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WE pray that you both sleep and tomorrow finds the count UP. God is with you and we're all praying Love to you both. Barb Thanks for the updates even though I know you must be exhausted. Jeanie
ReplyDeleteTonight a nadir...tomorrow the apex...we pray for all "up's" from now on...sleep well...God bless...
ReplyDeleteJo
Neutrophils up to 1 this morning. Pop says, "More than double, more than 100 times better, incalculable improvement, we'll have to ask a mathmetician... Mike?"
ReplyDeletee.
nope, doctor says neutrophils are actually at ten...wahoo!
ReplyDeleteWe're still praying. Hope that Jim got that much needed sleep and will feel better today!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Peggy and Fred
jim never was much good at math. i had to drag him thru calculus in college. so i can understand why he thinks 2 X 0 is double.
ReplyDeleteYeah, really, Uncle Andy.
ReplyDeleteEveryone knows 2 X 0 is twenty.
- Aaron
Barbara and Jim,
ReplyDeleteAll the math is confusing to me. I just know that ten is better than 0 as far as neutrophils go so keep going for it, Jim! Hope you got some of that much needed sleep last night- both of you! Love you two. Our prayers will continue- going to mass for you on my days off.
Pleasant dreams tonight!
God bless,
Frank and Jeanne