Today is Saturday, November 26, 2011, Jeff's ninth day in the hospital. I (Laraine) have just arrived at the hospital (it's about 3:10 p.m.) and Jeff is sleeping. I'm glad he's getting some rest and relief from the side effects he is suffering.
It has been a slow week. Transplants are a slow process we're finding out. Each day we are watching Jeff's blood levels drop. Eventually they will be at or near 0. Today his ANC is at 200, down from 900 yesterday. So maybe Sunday he will be down to 0 and then we wait for engraftment and the production again of his own blood cells.
Thanksgiving Day was not a good day for Jeff! I came up to the hospital in the morning, left to have dinner with Jayne, Durell and family, Ed and Debbie and our daughter, Annie. Our other children were each with their in-law families. We had a delicious meal, fun visiting and playing "Pit" and the "write to 100 if you can" game! I made a Thanksgiving plate for Jeff and brought it to the hospital, microwaved it really well and he was able to eat most of it. Aly and Davie and Emily also stopped by. Emily was able to visit with the RN and put a plan together to help Jeff with the overall yucky, uncomfortable feeling he has and the nausea. He was able to sleep well Thursday night and actually had a bit better day on Friday. When I came to the hospital Friday evening, he was sitting in the recliner and using the computer. He ate his ravioli dinner and part of his roll and then we watched a video ("Dave") together. He was able to sleep well Friday night but today has been another unsettled, kind of yucky day so I'm glad he is able to sleep right now.
The nurse came in to do Jeff's vitals, all is well, and Jeff has requested a peanut butter and jelly sandwich snack. We have those items in our little snack area here on the 8th floor. So I'm off to prepare his snack. Jeff is hanging in there.
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