Well, we had a little scare yesterday a.m. when Greg showed up at the clinic extrememly tired -- way more than he should be. Turns out he was very dehydrated, his pulse was 160, and his blood sugar was off the charts (over 400). As you saw from the last post, he wasn't eating the most healthy, but, he wasn't gorging on sugar and junk, either. His white count was really low, too. I thought I was going to be making an unscheduled trip to St.L.
They got him hydrated, and gave him an IV antibiotic prophylactically. He felt a lot better. He was good and ate more carefully yesterday. However, Rocco and the boys sure are gonna miss him!
Today, his blood sugar was still high (300), even with the good diet. So, there's a possibility an infection is lurking. The nurse explained that with his whites so low, and the blood sugar so high, that's one possible explanation. Skibby can probably explain this better, but that's the gist of it. Today they sent him home with a 14 day supply of oral antibiotics. But, he's feeling MUCH better.
This diet thing is going to be tricky, though. High blood sugar means no carbs. He's neutropenic, so no fresh fruits or veggies. Also, he can't have a lot of protien, as its hard on your kidneys, something multiple myeloma patients really have to watch. I think he's having a stick of butter for lunch.
His platetelets are coming up a few ticks every day, so they haven't needed to transfuse him yet. That's good. The boys and I are going up to see him this weekend. We still hope to start harvesting stem cells early next week.
Thanks for all the prayers. Keep 'em coming!
Love,
Us
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Greg---
Don't worry about the neutropenic thing--it happens to all men now and again. Just concentrate on something else.---Ian
P.S. I am First to Comment!!!
Ha Ha Judy! Not first today. Your'e slipping!
Hey! Ian you have some nerve!!!! (Only kidding as I don't know who you are....)
The whole diet thingy sounds stinky, is there perchance a dietician at the hospital that can help him come up with food ideas? -oh and Ann, should you TRY and blame this on the mushrooms, DON'T, it's not true. Should you insist, I will tell everybody on this about about the time you...... rats! gotta run, but I have pictures!
Bwaaa hahahahahahahahahahaha...
Ian,
Maybe for some men.
Emily,
Me and Rocco got your mom covered. Ya know what I'm sayin to ya?
Greg
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