SCCA Visit

It was bone marrow biopsy at SCCA for Terry today.

It was a very interesting day.

There were many people there today, making the wait very long.  It is always a sad thing when we see so many people at SCCA.  We saw some familiar faces there for treatment, and that is even more sad to us. 

 

After they drew blood they could not flush the line and that caused some concern.  We were instructed to go ahead to the bone marrow biopsy and we'd get further info as to what to do about this obstructed line when they figured out what we should do.

 

We then had to wait for the doctor and a form patient and doctor needed to sign.  That took another long time, but Dr. Hansen was so kind and friendly when he arrived - like we were all best of friends.  It was so pleasant.  Everyone we met today to help us along our way was so helpful and friendly.  It made all of the waiting okay.

 

The bone marrow biopsy went well - it was one of the better ones.  This was the first time that this person performed a biopsy for Terry, but she recognized him from other visits and was a very pleasant person. 

 

After biopsy we went upstairs to figure out what to do with the obstructed line.  We couldn't draw or flush it so they had to wait for something from the pharmacy to inject into it to help dissolve the clot and make it usable again.  It was injected into the Hickman line and then we waited a half hour to let it do it's magic.   And ..., it did!  We were then on our way home a few hours later than we had originally thought.

 

We decided to stop at Cle Elum and by the time we got there Terry was chilling and sick.  This has happened frequently the last couple weeks, so I'll call our oncologist in the morning to see what we need to do.

 

He is resting tonight and happy to have the bone marrow biopsy go well and be done.  We are anxious to hear the results, but don't expect anything for several days.

 

Here are today's blood draw counts -

 

WBC = 2.86L  norm is 4.3-10.0

RBC = 3.73L  norm is 4.40-5.60

HCT = 34L  norm is 38-50

Platelet = 34L  norm is 150-400

Neutrophils = 0.17L  norm is 1.80-7.00

 

We'll be checking on those neutrophils tomorrow too! 

 

It is nice to have today over, and hope that tomorrow will be a bit easier, but one never knows when dealing with so many tricky diseases and problems.  

 

PS - Both of our boys sounded real good in their letters home today - that makes any day a good day!

We hope you have a good day!

 

 

(It's too late for a picture, though pictures make a post more pleasant ... sorry!)