I spoke with Kristina Sunday evening. She was enjoying a nice hand-made pizza from her friend Mike; apparently there are a lot of things that have to go into stuff like this, like thoroughly washing the veggies, having only one person touch it, and so on. It was a much-appreciated pizza!
Here are yesterday and today’s blood counts, which continue to show the expected decline:
WBC: 0.38 – 0.24
HCT 28 – 28
ANC 0.12 – 0.02
PLT 30 – 18
Kristina attributes this to her second hit of methotrexate, a chemo drug that is a preventative against Graph Versus Host Disease. She will get this drug four times over the next couple of weeks.
She also this weekend started to see her first low-grade fever (99.7 Sunday), which might be a harbinger of bad stuff to come. She’s now lost 21.5 pounds but basically still feels pretty good.
Her apartment, meanwhile, is getting a transformation. A donated dishwasher was installed so dishes can be cleaned in the right way, and some friends also converted part of the kitchen to a sleeping area for the professional caregiver who will be there five nights a week.
That’s it for now – please stay in touch!
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