Friday Clinic Visit

Today's reports were positive. The chimerisms were one percent up from last time. That, in itself, is not a great change in numbers, but we are pleased that "downward" is no longer the trend. It gives hope that things are improving. Of course they will check this again in a couple weeks and see if "upward" becomes the new trend. :)

The doctor says that there is a "better balance" with Terry's numbers and that things are looking good. He is to continue the IV twice a day for another week. The meds given now in an IV form may be given in a pill form later, but we'll just have to see.

The blood counts were okay, but were lower than Wednesday's lab work showed. That was expected, because he had the G shot Tuesday to boost them. Because we are living at home now they decided to give him another G shot today, mostly as precaution. I suppose if we still lived in Seattle, we would have a blood draw in a couple days to show the results and know exactly when to give it. Our next appointment isn't until Wednesday and they know that would be too long to wait.