Thursday, July 31, 2003 8:54 PM CDT
Susan here...
Nathan went to the clinic this morning. His white blood cell counts are still low (up to .2 from .1) a long way to go until he has some immunity but it should happen soon. He needs a red blood transfusion tomorrow and we'll see what his counts are then.
He'll be having an echocardiogram and EKG soon. They forgot to schedule it and he must have it before the next round of chemo. That is scheduled for next Wednesday but it doesn't seem like his counts will be high enough to start then.
He is on IV antibiotics now for his broviak insertion site. The stitches are still inflamed. At this point it is still unclear what they are going to do about it. I imagine he will go back and see the actual surgeon soon and they will figure something out.
He is also in extreme pain when he has a bowel movement. This happens every time his counts go down and he screams in pain. It is awful.
He is back taking baths again. He hadn't had one since diagnosis after he got his broviak and then he was afraid. We convinced him that it would help his bottom (which it does when his counts aren't low). Anyway we wrap him up in saran wrap and an ace bandage and don't fill the bath very much. He tells me that saran wrap is also used for food. It is so nice for everyone that he takes baths now because he always has fun and Julia is very happy to have him in with her again.
Right on schedule this time I have updated our family pictures. Follow the link below and click on July. It wasn't too hard because we weren't very good about taking very many this month.
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