Jeffrey H. Cain

This is Laraine with a quick update.  On Wednesday, December 7th Jeff had an appointment with the BMT Clinic to have blood levels checked.  Jeff's neutraphils (infection fighters) had dropped to 900, which was down from the levels he had while in the hospital.  We were a little concerned but were told that this usually happens and hopefully the levels would soon be up.  Jeff was checked again on December 9th and was told that the levels had dropped again just slightly to about 800.  Another visit to the BMT Clinic on December 14th indicated that all his levels were going up and his neutraphil count was at 2,000!  Wahoo!  The doctor was very happy about that and so were we.  Jeff continues to be weak and tires quickly but he's determined to get stronger.  He exercises each morning and we take a 30 minute walk together each day.  The nausea is still persisting but we are hoping it will go away soon.