Day 11: The hopeful uptick.

Updated Wed 11 a.m.

WBC: 0.4
Platelets: 20
Lbs. Lost 10.4

We're hoping Richard has turned a corner in his recovery. His white blood cell and platelet counts went up ever so slightly. This is the first uptick since he was admitted, and we and the doctor are hopeful that this marks the beginning of a restoration of his blood counts. In addition, he gained a fraction of a pound. The odd thing is that today was also the first day that he had a slight fever (99.3). (Shrug.) When I left this evening, I checked his temperature and it was 98.8 (just call me nurse Robin), so hopefully it will stay down. He still doesn't feel all that well, but we're hopeful that we see that glimmer of light that heralds the end of the tunnel.

I just fell asleep typing this. I looked up and saw a long line of llllllllllll's. Time to sign off. In the morning I'll post a couple of pictures from today.

Wednesday a.m. after a good night's sleep:

The Wall (you can see just the top of the huge yellow, two-panel get-well card from the anniversary party...thanks, Liz and everyone!)

Richard's general reaction to eating when the food nazi brings him chicken noodle soup. Note the matching blue jammies and cup, always the sign of a good patient.