Wednesday, August 27, 2008

No chemo for you! Deja vu

I kinda thought this was gonna happen 'cause I forgot to take my neupogen shot on Monday night. I called in and they told me not to take the shot and to go ahead and come in 'cause the counts could come up...

Well, true story - my counts weren't high enough to get chemotherapy. My doctor and the head nurse were soooooo apologetic, it made me feel bad. Mostly because I wasn't stressed out or angry about it at all. I had to go in anyway to get my dressing changed on my PICC Line and I also got a FREE shot of neupogen while I was there. I rescheduled for tomorrow, so hopefully the counts are up to where they need to be then.

As for my PICC line, my arm isn't as sore as it was yesterday where it was installed, but it's kinda sore near my shoulder. The nurse thinks that this is probably where both the central line and the PICC line got "stuck". It's just a little tender - I can deal with it.

Good stuff of today - Lori came to spend time with me during my treatment and since I didn't have one, we had a loooooong lunch instead and had a good conversation! Sweet!

My numbers -


Range

Actual Low High
WBC 2.5
3.5 11.0
HGB 12.2
12.0 16.0
HCT 34.9
34.0 47.0
Platelets 161
150.0 450.0
Neutrophils 0.9
1.5 7.5

1 comment:

Lori Wilson said...

Not sure which one of us has less of a life. You have already posted about your day, and I already checked to see if you posted about your day. I LOVED loooong lunch with you. And would do it again in a heartbeat. Your attitude is such a blessing to me to keep on, keeping on.