My apologies to all for not getting this up on Friday. Chellie may be looking to replace me as the guy in charge of the blog... Hope everyone had a Happy Easter. - jdv
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TGIF. I had blood work done this morning and my
numbers are trending up, exactly as we had hoped! I am I longer neuropenic (yay) but I still
need to get lots of rest and hydrate well with lots of water (my bloodwork
today showed that I am slightly dehydrated) and I don't want to have to go to
the ER for IV fluids this weekend...so I will have my water bottle in hand all
weekend long! :)
As I was
leaving the clinic this afternoon I was thinking to myself...wow, I don't have
another medical appointment till Thursday next week. That was, until my phone rang @ 3:30pm. It was the Kaiser transplant
coordinator. She had good news for me in
that they think we will be able to move forward with the transplant rather
quickly (possibly by mid to late April).
BUT, that means I have to get 12 appointments scheduled and completed
next week!!!! Blood work, a chest x-ray,
pulmonary function test, echocardiogram, an EKG, CT scan of my sinuses, another
bone marrow biopsy, another dose of
spinal chemo, a dental clearance (with a full set of X-rays), as well as my
regular oncology lab work w/ possible transfusion, a transplant caregiver class
(which my mom and John will need to attend with me) and my regular weekly appt.
with Dr. Liel. HOLY MOLY that is a lot
of appointments! And of course they are
all at different clinics and hospitals around the metro area. :). It looks as
though I will probably be in the car and doctor's offices more than I am at
home next week! Lol
The good
news is that I was able to get 9 of the appointments scheduled before the
offices closed this afternoon. Still
waiting on one of the hospitals to call me back to schedule the pulmonary
function test and my oncologist's office needs to schedule the bone marrow
biopsy and the spinal chemo. I must say
that I am not thrilled about another bone marrow biopsy since I just did one 2
weeks ago, but its a means to an end. If
all goes according to plan, I will have my transplant late April!! That is way ahead of schedule and means I get
to skip 2 additional rounds of chemo!
WOO HOO!
It was
indeed a "Good Friday" for me today.
We are hoping that the transplant office will be able to get Kyle in for
his part of the physical on either Wed next week or the following Monday! (Prayers that we can get all the scheduling
worked out in a timely manner for Kyle & myself would greatly be
appreciated so that we can go straight to transplant mid-late April). :)
-Chellie
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