MSD Becomes AML - Things are looking up!

The Daily Mitch Report - Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
Today Mitch’s mood caught up with his physical improvements and the different is night and day. Yesterday he was just a lump, but today he’s almost animated. And, I think, feeling hopeful about the improvement all around. He’s talking with the nurses about his new book (copies arrived in the mail today), filling out his trip cancellation insurance form (he was supposed to be skiing in Italy, rather than getting chemo in the hospital), and eating. Not that he eating anything more interesting than soup and yogurt, but he did call me before I came and, after stating that he was hungry (a first in about a month), asked me to bring cheese and crackers. Laina will be here any minute with his glazed donut.


The blood counts are about the same as they were yesterday. All of the antibiotics except Vancomycin have been stopped, and he is delighted not to be tethered to the IV pole. We took a walk around this unit this afternoon and he didn’t even get winded. We are waiting to hear the results of yesterday’s bone marrow biopsy with explanation of what it means. Mitch felt Dr. Sharma might call this afternoon, but so far, she hasn’t. Stomach still bloated, legs and feet still swollen, but yesterdays X-Rays came back OK.  He's getting Reglin to try to speed up action in the colon.

So things are definitely looking up.

Penny, Mitch and Laina