I can not believe that 5 days have gone by and Patrick is still doing great. He is amazing the staff at the clinic!! Today was another quick day at the clinic. Patrick was in and out in an hour!
Labs from today:
Test
|
Patrick
|
Normal Range
|
White Blood Cell Count
| <.10 |
3.2-9.8 (this will go to zero)
|
Hemoglobin
|
13.0
|
13.7-17.3 (they try and keep it above 8.0)
|
Platelet Count
| 75 |
150-450 (they try and keep it above 10)
|
Dad has been with Patrick since Saturday and I met them at the clinic. Dad has gone to Charlotte for the night to see Steely Dan. Unfortunately Mom had a fever this morning and so she can not be around Patrick until she feels better. We have to be very careful because Patrick's white blood cell count is below .1 therefore he has no immune system! His white blood count will stay here for about a week before it starts going up again.
Mary, John and I stepped in this afternoon to help. John just left and it is just P and I for the night!
Mom is SO sad that she can not be with Patrick....she has been resting today and we hope that she will feel better in the morning! We are missing her at the apartment!! Hope you feel better Mom :)
Mom is trying her best to make sure Patrick has lots of options for food since he basically has no appetite. She made some of his favorites yesterday: vegetable soup, chicken pie, raspberry salad. Unfortunately we had to throw most of it away because our freezer stopped working!! We still have plenty of treats though!!!!
Thank you everyone for keeping us in your prayers!! This has been an amazing experience so far!!
XOXO Taylor
So glad his appointment went well and that you're there with him tonight. Your poor mom! I hope she's better soon--I know she's heartbroken to be away from Patrick. Sending you both much love.
ReplyDeletePS: Your bf is driving me nuts. Enjoy your little vacation from the crazies.
csy
Hi Taylor-
ReplyDeleteYou are a great sister and a wonderful daughter.
keep it up!
Carolyn Brady