Hey! It's mom
again... things are continuing to move along here in Durham County. As The Shirelles sang many years ago
"Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This"
Patrick woke up this morning and said "I am so tired
and my back hurts, but just don't know why"... that is what I call having
your glass half full. Soon after we headed to the clinic where we were greeted by one of our favorite nurses, Katie. She reassured us that the tiredness is very normal for this stage of the transplant
and also made us feel better about the backache when she told us it could be
caused by the new cells... those words made the back pain much easier to
handle!
We spent about 4 hours at the clinic, Patrick needed both magnesium
and potassium. Other labs
were about the same as yesterday which is good. The white count could start to
rise any time now but as we notice every day, each patient is different, so we
wait patiently and try not to analyze too much... not an easy task for me! Grandmother Pat stopped by for a visit and
helped us pass the time by making us giggle on her mini tour of the Duke campus
before finding the clinic!
We arrived back at the apartment and Patrick dozed off
while watching TV. After he woke up, he
had fever and chills. We called the
after hours number and were instructed to head that way, so we wheeled into the
emergency room and were promptly ushered to a room in the bone marrow
unit. John came by to check on us but I
made him head back to Chapel Hill after learning we would be here for more than
a couple of hours...thank you, John!
It is now close to midnight and Patrick is receiving the
first of three antibiotics they are giving for the next three days as a
precaution. They are also doing blood
cultures but err on the safe side until the cultures come back! We hope to be back at the apartment by 1:00.
So mama said there will be days like this, and Patrick is
taking them one day at a time, which is teaching me to do the same. Thank you, Patrick. You are not just my rock, you are my boulder!
xoxo
Pray continually.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
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