Clinic Visit

Today we had our first clinic visit at the James. It actually went pretty well, I was surprised. It still took a while, but not all day. We met with the nurse and she went over all Ryan's meds and how he was feeling. Then the nurse practitioner came in and we talked with her, she asked most of the same questions as the nurse did and she told Ryan that his magnesium levels were really low and that he'd have to stay and get magnesium - that took 2 hours, but they got it started pretty quickly after they knew that he needed it. Then the doctor came in, asked the same questions and said he was happy with how Ryan's counts looked. His white cell count was 3.8 today. His hemoglobin was 11.8 (low normal is 12, so he's almost back to normal there). His platelets were 187 - they were in the normal range and the nurse practitioner was very excited to see that that number was normal. Our next appointment is on Friday; we then have another appointment next Tuesday. After that, the nurse practitioner said that Ryan might be ready to be released to go home. I'm praying that this is what will happen - it would be nice to do laundry at my own house :)

Aubrey had a great day. She had so much fun playing with Rosemary today. Amy said that they played outside all morning, so I'm sure Aubrey was in heaven. She loves being outside. In fact, half way home she asked about going out to play. So after supper, she and I walked to the playground to play a little before bath time.

Ryan had a little nausea this morning and also a headache, but after the doctor's appointment he seemed to be feeling a little better.

Please pray that each day he'll feel a bit better and that he continues without any signs of graft vs. host disease.

-A