We had a fantastic Thanksgiving with family and friends. To do a quick
recap over the last few days:
Tuesday we got the all clear to go home until today, Adrian's brother
Oliver was flying in to Houston, so we waited for him to arrive before
driving back together with a full car.
Wednesday, we hung out at home and I coordinated with Adrian's mom
that she and Tommy were going to fly in that night. It was a complete
surprise for the boys! I took the girls to see Tangled and then
went to the airport right afterwards to pick them up.
We cooked up a big Taco feast and had a really nice evening.
Thursday it was Thanksgiving and it was a wonderful day. We did a
joint party with our amazing friends the Petrik family. We had
delicious turkey, stuffing, potatoes, pies, wine and more!! The kids
ended up swapping beds last night. Isac stayed with us and Sienna
stayed at Petrik's.
It was such a nice way to spend Thanksgiving and remember what we
are thankful for in life.
All throughout this, Adrian is feeling great and his WBC was at a
whopping 18 on Tuesday, that is why they said it was ok to go home for
a few days.
This morning, Tommy flew back to Ft. Lauderdale and Oliver drove down
to Houston with Adrian. Adrian had to be back for labs at 9 am to
check his counts. WBC was down at 0.5!!!! That means his immune system
is almost as low as it can go and he is very sensitive to infections.
Before I knew this, I had plans for us all to go out for dinner
tonight and then to the movies.... well... they had to be
cancelled. :) Busy public places are the last places he needs to be
right now.
Funny thing is, even though his immune system is so low, he feels
perfectly normal. I guess that is a danger in itself, it is easy to
forget and go out and do 'normal' stuff.
Oliver hopped on a plane from Houston today and flew back to Miami.
Fabby is here with us in Houston, hanging out for a bit longer. It
made the drive down to Houston super quick, we just sit and chat and
viola' we were here!
As far as how it is going to run from here, this is what I know as of
today. Adrian will stay here 1 or 2 weeks and do labs every or every
other day to see when the counts go up and when they are as high as
they need them to be, collect stem cells. Then he can come home for a
week before transplant.
But no more chemo for 2-3 weeks from now.
He has a canker sore in his mouth, which is a normal side effect from
chemo. He will get a special mouth wash to rinse his mouth with for
that. Apart from the sore, he looks great and feels fine. His chest is
still sore and we remembered having the PICC line in his arm, it was
very annoying too. Every time he wants to shower, he has to cover it
up with saran wrap, has to stay dry - the pad and adhesive sticks to
skin and has made it a little irritated. What scares me with the whole
central line is the infection risk. The last pad they put on was
white, you can't see through it in case of the incision site is red
and infected. But the clear one doesn't breathe... not sure which one
I like.
Trying to get two giggling girls to sleep in the room next door.
Sienna and Olivia is full of it tonight. The feed of each other when
they are like this. Cute.
Tomorrow Adrian is going in for something for the platelets, not sure
what it is.
Good night!!
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