It's early yet and Brett is still sleeping. He had a long uncomfortable night. Achy, can't regulate his own body temp he's either boiling hot or freezing cold but no temperature. Stomach is still bothering him ...but the nurse said this morning it's all normal and signs of engraftment!!
WBC today is 2.2!!! Don't know if I ever wrote that 3.5- 10.0 is normal range for a healthy WBC count. Brett normally runs on the low end of the range ... so we'll see how it looks after engraftment.
He did great yesterday, walked 5 laps and stayed awake for most of the day trying to figure out what to do with himself. He had a few bites of jello - orange which I don't think is his favorite flavor, and a few sips of water. He wants to do so much but just doesn't really have the energy. I can't wait for that to kick in! He requested that they take away the morphine pump last night one less thing to depend on. He's being so tough and is trying to get everything back to normal again.
Today we try more walking...and more talking and maybe a little more eating and drinking.
The sooner the better... the quicker he's eating, and the quicker he's on pill forms of all his current IV medications the quicker he gets released from this place.
Mind you this place has been great to him ... But home ahhhh that's where he wants to be. Home is the comfort looking out the windows and seeing trees and birds instead of brick buildings, it's the comfort sitting on the deck in the warm sunshine soaking in some vitamin D, it's the comfort of your own towels and blankets and your own bed! It's being able to walk the outside on the beautiful property instead of walking the hospital floors. It's being able have all your stuff not just a bag of the necessities. It's the comfort of eating what you want not what they are serving for the day (all if which does not please the pallet). It's having your bikes - even if you can't ride them yet, but you know they are there when you're ready.
..... there's just no place like home!
peace, love and happiness until tomorrow!
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Go Brett!! Thinking of you. Keeping you and Amy in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteProgress, progress, progress! That's awesome. Brett is so unbelievably strong that it brings a tear to my eye. I feel so bad he had to eat hospital jello yesterday, it's not even a food! :) Keep up the good news!
ReplyDeleteChristine
P.S. Travis wanted to include his comment this time too "Hmmmm".