Thank God its the last morning that we have to wake up early for at least a week! Got to love breaks from school. :)
Aj is aching a bit still, from the Neulasta shot. We did get a little bit of an explanation today, from Lisa - the nurse practitioner.
I thought it would be a good idea to bring the girls to Texas Oncology today, so they can see where Pappa's doctor is. They did pretty well, it gets boring of course for them to sit in a little room to wait.
This morning before we went Aj took Olivia out on the bike for a bit, which is not as easy as it used to be for him. He did it and then came in and laid on the sofa to catch his breath.
First he did a blood test for labs - which came out great. His WBC is 10.4 which shows his immune system is up and the Neulasta is working. He is a liiiiiitle bit anemic but not so that they are alarmed and that is due to the Chemo wiping out everything - good and bad.
It was Lisa who saw Aj today - the incredibly sweet nurse practitioner. We asked her about the Neulasta how come the aches and pains. She says that its due to that the bone marrow is producing new white blood cells and when its working on that it causes aches. Aj should feel it mostly in the bigger bones since that is where he has the most bone marrow. Pelvis area, legs, arms & back pretty much accurate to what he feels. So the good with this pain is that we know its producing something positive.
Other than that, no news really. Aj got a new hairdo tonight, mind you it doesn't look much different from before. We took a razor and did a close shave, because all the little hairs were hurting when they were coming out. Lisa said the Chemo messes up your follicles and that can make it hurt. So it made sense there as well, why the pain was there. Its always nice to have an explanation to why things are feeling or doing certain things.
All in all, Aj is doing as good as he can!
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