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Ron is now on Day 14 of his induction therapy. He received a BMB today to check success of the chemo received last week. Unfortunately, this weekend is a Holiday weekend, so, we won't received results until next Tuesday late afternoon.

We're praying this first time around places Ron into Remission so we can make plans to go back home and relax while we also work to get Ron back up to normal function. He'll have some work ahead of him, and of course, we all know, being in the hospital period results in loss of muscle tone/strength. He's been inpatient ffor 5 wks over the past 2.5 months now. Along with being sick, just being inpatient is tough on the body!

What's been happening lately... during treatment:
About 3 nts ago, Ron developed the Riggers (Chills/shakes) vey bad with Fevers to follow. They did blood cultures and he tested positive with a very dangerous Bacteria in his blood. They treated him with heavy duty antibiotics and finally, a few days later, the episodes of Riggers & Fevers stopped and the bacteria no longer showed up in the blood. The doctor said, we're lucky Ron's alive with the type of bacteria he had. (I don't know the name of it, but, will inquire about it specifically)..

Yesterday we received a copy of Ron's blood counts for Day 14 of induction treatment: WBC 0.04 HGB 10.7 HCT 31% PLT 4 Ron has standing orders for infusions as needed. Obviously, the PLT were very very low during these counts, and Ron received PLT infusion right after results read. While on the cath, Ron's bladder bled some, and they checked, and yes, the plateletes were low. They transfused him and the bleeding stopped. Then, with platelets low again yesterday, Ron developed a nose bleed. He received platelets shortly after, as his PLT cound was very low.

Ron's very exhausted today... and was able to get some uninterupted rest finally this afternoon for about 2.5 hourse, believe it or not. I headed off several visitors (i.e. Physical Therapy, vitals checker, etc). All of these things could be slightly delayed... and let Ron rest some.

Okay, will check back again soon and let you know how the BMB results are Tuesday. Please keep us in your prayers, that the BMB is clear and we're on our way home soon! No More Chemo this stay!!!

Hugs, Cindy