As expected, Cael's appetite has gone down even more. The nurse tonight said that he is losing his taste buds, which might be part of the problem. We also noticed that his skin is darker today than it was yesterday. I thought it was from his blood transfusion he got last night, but the nurse said it is probably the chemo. So it seems that the effects of the chemo are happening.
For the past several days of chemo, we have seen his white blood cell count get lower and lower (as we expect with the chemo). Today it jumped back up a bit. The doctors explained that this will happen. It will be a bit of a roller coaster of ups and downs, even after the transplant. The count is not needed to be at 0 for transplant. By Friday, whatever small amounts of white cells he has left will be weak enough that they will be killed off by the new cells that come in during the transplant.
Otherwise, Cael is still doing great! I am so surprised he is as active he is and as happy. He is eating so little, I expected him to be tired and weak, but you would still never know he was sick. I feel very fortunate to have such a trooper.
Just 3 days left until he gets his stem cell infusion!
No comments:
Post a Comment