Well, we are still here at the hospital. Nicholas's fever continues to spike and occaisionally won't respond to the tylenol. He really hasn't eaten or drank much in two days. They are keeping him on IV fluids for hydration. His hemoglobin has dipped below their concern mark (which is about half of a healthy person's level), so he will get another blood transfusion today. Blood cultures from friday night still show negative for a bacteria infection, which is good. He is on a broad spectrum anitbiotic just in case something does show up. This may be a viral thing or a reaction to a new chemo he started on Wednesday.
I'm not sure of today's numbers, but friday and yesterday, his ANC number was high (this is the number that tells them how good your immune system is) and almost that of a healthy person, so we have that on our side.
He is still sleeping, but yesterday he was happy and playful, so we continue to be shocked when we hear he isn't on the mend.
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Donna...In case you don't know if anyone is reading this blog or not, I am definitely reading it and so are a lot of my friends down here as well as people on Tom's side of the family.
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