We went back to the hospital today for a blood draw. The office was so CROWDED today! It was crazy. While waiting for the results of the test, we visited the radiology floor, and bumped into Ariel and David. What a treat! Joe got to catch up with them. Poor guys are studying for their boards which are coming up in a couple weeks. I don't think Joe can decide whether he's happy he doesn't have to study for the boards yet, or sad.
When the results came back, the good news was that Joe's hemoglobin and platelets had each gone up a bit. Looks like the Vidaza is already having an effect. However, his white blood cells and neutrophils had gone down. This shouldn't have happened with the Neulasta injection he received last week. In order to figure out what is going on my poor Joe had to get another bone marrow biopsy. Some people respond to Neupogen as Joe did...but not to Neulasta, for some reason. But "they" wanted to make sure that this isn't a sign of the MDS getting worse. We'll see. Joe took the news and the biopsy like a man! Understandably, he was feeling a bit blah today...but he didn't allow this new news or his sore back side completely ruin his day! I still saw him smiling, and enjoying some t.v., and this evening we hung out with his parents again. Tomorrow is a new day. Hopefully we get some better news!
Thank you to all the people from PCC who contributed to the card Joe received. There was so much love packed into that card! Thank you to Lilly P. for your sweet card. Be careful with your kind offers! Joe might start calling you behind my back asking for that killer ham BBQ of yours! And thank you to my "little" bro who sent us a postcard from China!!!!!
Love and hugs to everyone.