We've had an uneventful rest-of-the-week at home. All of us caught Donovan's cold so we are all still recovering. Thankfully Malcolm did not develop a fever and he seems to be feeling better each day now. I think the prophylactic antibiotics he is on must be doing a good job of preventing anything too serious from taking root. He takes fluconozole every day, to help prevent fungal infections, and twice a week takes septra which is an antibiotic to help prevent bacterial infections (or, if he does get something, to at least slow it down until he can get additional drugs). I'm sure that most of you have read that it is a bad thing to be over-exposed to antibiotics but for people with low immunity the risk of contracting a nasty infection seems to outweigh this risk.
Malcolm had bloodwork on Thursday. Hemoglobin was 94, platelets shot up to 280 and his ANC was down to 1254 (a bit below normal so considered mildly neutropenic). He is having bloodwork again on Monday. Since he was discharged so early, they want to keep a closer eye on him in case any of his counts drop suddenly. His dressing was changed yesterday.
His target date to begin the next round remains November 17. I have not yet heard whether or not they will do another bone marrow biopsy before this round and if so, when that will occur. For now, we are really enjoying spending time together as a family and trying to get over all these colds.
Mary Ellen
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