Friday, November 20, 2009

Day 72 from bone marrow transplant...

Sorry it has been a little longer than I wanted. It has been a very busy week! Today is day 72 from Eric's bone marrow transplant! He has been a little tired, going in for chemo always knocks him back down a few days and then by the weekend he starts to feel better. Just in time to get chemo again on Tuesday, but we are grateful he is still responding.

Eric's blood counts are 4.4 on his white cells, hemoglobin 9.8, red cells 3.00 and platelets 32. We are a little concerned cause his platelets are still dropping and that was why we started this chemo to get this EBV virus he has in his B cells and help his platelets. They feel that was why his platelets are dropping is a direct result from the virus. We are waiting for his doctors to come in and we can see what they feel and if this is something we should be worried still about or expected at this point with the chemo.

They have scheduled Eric for another bone marrow biopsy, maybe that will tell us more. We continue on this journey knowing we have alot of blessings and the Lord guiding us along the way. We are so grateful to Lord, grateful for Eric's donor and hope that we will someday be able to meet him and express how much we love and appreciate him.

We are getting excited for the kids to come on Tuesday for the week of Thanksgiving and I can not wait for them to see their Dad more like himself. Tired but still the old Eric not sleeping, in pain and sick on morphine like the last time they were here. It will definitely be a Thanksgiving Holiday to remember and reflect on our blessings and all the Lord has given us.

1 comment:

  1. I can't even imagine what Eric must be feeling these days. What a HUGE roller coaster your family is going on day to day. You have such a strong testimony and I hope that will help you and Eric to fight this disease and hopefully by the time the 100 days is up, he will be 50% better. We continue to pray for him and wish him the best.

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