Day +4 (Monday)

 Day +4

Andy slept well last night and woke up hungry - YAY! He was quick to eat breakfast before his appetite changed! 

We got to the hospital and went through our normal routine - find room, get weight, get labs, go through all the questions.   

Andy's weight is starting to take a dip down.  While I'm slightly jealous of this, given ALL the desserts in our house that I'm eating, we need to be careful and ensure that Andy is eating the calories his body needs to keep fighting!  

Blood pressure looks really good - which is actually a first!  

Andy's WBC have nearly tanked.  He was at 5.1 yesterday and is now at .9 in a short 24 hours.  .9.  In November when we were this low Andy and I left the hospital in tears because we were denied treatment.  And now we are rather celebrating.  The chemo is doing what it's supposed to do.  It's killing potentially cancerous cells to make room for all the fresh new cells we put in Andy's body!  Platelets are also quickly approaching the transfusion level - likely Tuesday or Wednesday.  

However, I am not even MORE HYPER vigilant.  Andy, essentially, has NO immune system.  He has zero ability to fight anything he comes across.  Ugh.  

We were excited to meet with his primary oncologist, Dr. A, today.  He's very pleased with Andy's progress.  He explained we are JUST ABOUT on the floor.  Once we get to the floor, we'll hang out there for a few days and then those new cells should lock in.  And they'll start duplicating as quickly as they depleted, making Andy start to feel better quickly!  We look forward to that day! :-)  

Dr. A asked us how outpatient is going and how we feel about driving to the hospital every. day.  Are you kidding?  I LOVE going to the hospital - we actually get to leave our house! Ha!  But seriously, we said things are going well and Andy is really enjoying being able to sleep in his own bed.  We are diligent with taking his temperature every few hours when we are at home - we make sure he drinks enough water - we're doing our best to keep him health and at home. We are pretty sure Dr. A was suggesting that at any time we want to switch to inpatient, we can.  Well.  We don't.  We're going to do this.  

And then - we got to leave.  We were seriously gone 1.5 hours!  Yippie!  Andy and I both got to work full days.  And he did work a full day - no naps even!

The kiddos are back home from a few nights at my parents, and while I'm nervous that it means new germs, they both came in, changed immediately, washed hands, and brought all their stuff upstairs.  They are doing a great job trying to keep their dad healthy and safe too!  We all want to keep him here!

Andy ate a great dinner and now we are all sitting on the couch already.  Clearly, I don't love that Andy is going through this, but if I'm going to find a silver lining, I'll say it's that both kiddos are in the same room, watching the same show as us.  💖