3 Day Hospital Stay!

Oh, right I am back in business!! For those of you who didn't know I have been in the hospital since Thursday.

I had posted that I was feeling great Wednesday night but right after the nurlasta shot well, about 11:30 pm I started getting some of the aching they had talked about. I wasn't bad off I had a friend help me with the kids on Thursday and I even had visiting teachers. I didn't feel well enough to get up and around but I didn't feel that bad. It wasn't until Andera left at 3:30 on Thursday I thought that I felt like I might have a fever so I took my temp and it was a 101. So I called the chemo nurses and they said come in and we will draw some blood and see what is going on.

So my mother-in-law drove me over to Kadlec. They took some blood and we wait 1/2 or so and then they brought me the news. My blood work said my Neutraphilles(sp) were 100. She said for Chemo they have to be 800, to leave the hospital with antibotics they have to be 600 or more, 500 and lower you have to stay at the hospital. So that meant I needed to stay in the hospital.

It really couldn't have been better timing since I didn't have to miss any chemo treatments or anything else with being sick. What the neutraphill is, is part of your white blood cell count. It is the part that fights off infection. So since it was low I needed to stay in the hospital. When they told me that I was a little glad it was going to be a nice break from all the sick kids and I would get some rest. The stay was a little longer than I liked being away from the kids because they couldn't visit. It was then going to be restful but that didn't work out so much at nights. They really enjoyed coming in and checking vitals and changing meds in the middle of the night and then they left me alone during the day. I don't know about you guys but that seemed very backwards to me.

I do have to say that all the nurses were really nice and kind. I also got to visit with some friends a little, write in my journal a little, read a little and watched a lot of TV. I don't usually get to just sit and watch t.v. in the middle of the day. But that got old really fast so the visitors were a nice distraction.

I have to tell a short story. I was able to get Dr. Rado to smile and laugh a little today. If any of you know Dr. Rado I don't see or haven't yet seen him smile or laugh he is very clam and collected. But he did laugh today and smile that was a great thing to see today. He said they are going to keep everything the same just add some things to help me with my next round of chemo. I will be taking some nutropine shots to help boast my white blood cell count and also a shot for my red blood cell counts. I will be taking those with my chemo and after know.

Oh, and I can't forget the Hospital feed me so well I gained 10 pounds while I was there for only 3 days. We they want you to eats lots of protein it is hard not to gain weight. So I guess I am saying is watch out when you have your babies ladies they feed you well at Kadlec.

I hope everyone's weekends were Fabulous and Fun!