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WAIT!!
Day 10, and
hopefully the final day of my stay here at
Baptist.
While
I apparently have put the log jam in my lower
intestine behind me, the real concern has to do
with something going on with my blood, and the
leukemia that's been messing with me for the past
decade. (OOOPS: We may not quite have the
old blockage taken care of yet.)
Over
the years, the chemo I've had has distressed the bone
marrow, to the point where I have to take stimulant
shots twice a week to increase my white count, when
the very disease I have is about keeping the white
count under control.
There's
also a chance that there's something else going on
causing the problems, and that might be
treatable. That test has yet to be returned.
The
fact is right now, I know little more about what this
disease is going to do than I did yesterday, or last
week. Today could be the day things become
more clear. The
word for now: WAIT!! ---------------------------------------- DAY
10 UPDATE 1 -
Got "that close" to going home, but the fact
is I'm still backed up a little and not able to put
out what I take in, effectively anyway. (That's
about as delicate as I could put that.) Another
x-ray scheduled to see what the hang up might be. Furthering
reviewing my bone marrow results, no realy significant
change over 4 years ago, although it does show some
transformational tendencies, meaning the possibility
that a second form of leukemia could be coming
on. IF that transformation should happen, it
would likely be terminal in a matter of months rather
than years. Still
awaiting word from DUKE UNIVERSITY on an anti-body
test, which might help in my battle against crashing
platelets (coagulation) and hemoglobin.
Hopefully later today. UPDATE
2 - More x-rays
taken, looking for something that might be hanging up
the La Stool Ala Shanster. If I don't get
something untied I may splatter a spleen.
Should have some more on this later and hopefully that
long-awaited Duke blood test. UPDATE
3 - New G.I.
doctor pulls me off all food or water by
mouth. Changes I.V. solution.
Different x-rays tomorrow and an ENEMA on the
way. Sounds like another wonderful
day in Baptistville coming up. ----------------------------------------
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