Surprise!!

We are home! We were discharged yesterday afternoon. Malcolm's ANC jumped to over 1700 on Wednesday and was still above 1600 yesterday so no need to keep us in any longer. It is very unexpected that his counts recovered so quickly, but not unheard of. The doctor was very surprised at this turn of events. His platelets skyrocketed to 426 on Wed and 586 yesterday and his hemglobin was also rising to 78 and then 80 yesterday. They won't begin treatment until at least 28 days after the start of the last treatment which means we have all of next week at home. We expect to begin the next treatment (round 4) after Thanksgiving on Wednesday October 13. This treatment was by far the easiest - Malcolm felt well throughout it and we got to come home much more than the previous two rounds so we have a lot to be thankful for.

Mary Ellen