Michael's blood counts were okay to start chemo today. His Neutrophils (which fight infection) are at 1/4 of what they were at the start of the last round. That is expected, but we would appreciate your specific prayers as we had requested last time. The prayers we would appreciate are for his Neutrophils and Lymphocytes to bounce back quickly from the chemo, his heart to stay strong and the chemo to blast the tumor by his heart away.
We saw Dr Colgan, the Hematologist, today and he said Michael is on target to get a PET scan about three weeks from now. If the tumor has responded well, he will proceed with testing prior to the Stem Cell Transplant. If not the response desired, then he will get more chemo before the Transplant.
Michael is in the hospital like last time, as it is a long regimen of infusion. He should get out Saturday night or Sunday morning. For some reason, Michael doesn't like hospital food, so he had Arby's instead. He's got a laptop and cable TV so he's pretty set. The last round of chemo he tolerated well; he was mainly tired.
Thank you so much for every prayer, we appreciate so much your support!!
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