April 6th- Improvement

Bill had a good day.
No pain at the catheter site, and no pain medication taken. His only discomfort was in his pelvis area. This is where Bill makes Neutrophils. When your body produces Neutrophils, the most common site is the breastbone, but the pelvis is the next most common area. His white cells have been rising, 6900, and Nurse Nancy predicts the Neutrophil count will take a big jump with the next blood draw. His hemoglobin is up to 12.4 without any transfusion. Which means to me that the cancer cells are not destroying his red cells. And, the blasts in his blood are holding steady at 24%. (Good news-bad news).
The liver is still a concern with his bilirubin counts being twice that of normal, and the SGOT is 161 and SGPT is 230. Both have come down considerably, but are 5 times normal. I will be anxious to hear what the doctors say on Monday. I think his catheter is no longer painful because now he is making the good white cells and they have helped to kill infection and heal the wound. That’s my take. We will see what tomorrow brings. Wouldn’t it be nice to have two good days in a row.
Not to pop our bubble here, but the bone marrow biopsy results should be available on Monday also.
Thank you for your prayers. It was an amazing turnaround over the weekend. We are back in the game again. All aboard. The next trip on the roller coaster is about to begin.

Please pray with me for healing powers directed to his liver. He has to have good enzyme and bilirubin counts to proceed towards a transplant. Amen