Officially I’m day +2 today. Having said that on Day +3, the plan was to begin my next round of chemo needed to allow the new cells to feel more at home. This chemo is given for 2-days and has to be timed based on when the new cells were infused. As Agent Smart said on Get Smart,” I missed it by that much.” Meaning the clarity of the days. As such, the chemo was started today at 3pm and I will have a second and final dose tomorrow at 3pm.

At team rounds today with my doctor he said I was pretty much a boring case up to this point. All is going as expected. That does not imply that I am having no side effects. I am, and they are the ones expected.

If you are interested in the nitty gritty of blood counts during this process I can tell you my white blood cells are virtually wiped out. That is expected although until the new cells “engraft” and start producing I will be very vulnerable to infections. The staff here is being very careful with me. My red cell counts are down about 3-quarts if you think of oil in a car. If the counts drop another 3-quarts, like a car, I will need some transfusions. Also, not unexpected.

You know I like to walk and on this hospital unit they have the distance mapped out to tell us a mile of walking is 10 loops around the floor. I did that earlier today and received a nice note to post on my door.

That is the report for today. Hope you are well.

Larry and Sharon.