Tuesday, February 2, 2010

MDS Becomes AML - Petty Aggravations but Holding

Daily Mitch Report – Tuesday, February 02, 2010
We know it’s a good sign when the patient feels well enough to be irritable, but for Mitch it’s been a day of petty aggravations. A little of this, a little of that – and dealing with the hospital food is a major problem for him. He’s on a soft diet so they send him a roast beef sandwich! And he can’t tolerate the timing of dinner at 4:45 p.m.

Small irritants aside, the improved blood counts are holding – dipped just a tiny bit but no one seems concerned. His stomach had a little bit of trouble with the roast beef (why did he eat it? Got me!), but the bloating is down some and his bowels seem to be working! He is still on Zovirax, Vfend, Vancomycin, and Primaxin (all IV) with an additional oral Vancomycin. The Gentamicin has been stopped but he is still firmly attached to the IV pole. Quite a bit of swelling remains in the feet and calves, but it is less. And he is finishing his last bag of TPN so he’ll be eating only on his own tomorrow.

He is basically very tired of being in the hospital, and who can blame him. Dr. Sharma will do a bone marrow biopsy tomorrow to see what the cells look like. But, judging from past experience, it should be a few days before we get full results.

Keep your fingers and toes crossed and hope for some sound sleep for our boy because he's awfully tired..

Penny, Mitch and Laina

1 comment:

  1. Hi Mitch,

    I'm glad to hear of your irritation. Keep that med staff in line. I'll not pretend to know what you may be going through. I do know from personal experience that postive thoughts are the single most important key to recovery. Keep strong. Susan and I are sending you our best wishes and good vibes.

    Scott and Susan Staples

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