Good news!
WBC-.7, down from .8
Platelets-15k, he gets platelets today
Neutrophil-320, down from 544
We were told today that doctors plan on having Hayden go home by Friday. We are very excited, but most of all NERVOUS!!!!!!! We don’t have our house cleaned the way we were instructed, so tomorrow, Grandma JoAnne and Aunt Kristin have to come and watch Hayden while Rick and I clean.
Doctors aren’t worried about his numbers going down, they said they are evening out, so we will just have to wait and see if they are right! We have told the staff that we don’t want any more morphine given to Hayden since he is completely off of it. We will request Tylenol or Oxycodone for pain. So far he has tolerated the pain and is eating well.
In the next coming days we will meet with the BMT coordinator to discuss what we have to do to our home and have our questions answered about how to care for him there. He will have tons of meds that I will have to give him orally plus back to his normal dressing changes and daily hickman flushes. I will again have to draw blood for platelet, RBC, and neutrophil counts.
Since Hayden won’t be able to go back to Daycare for about a year, we have Grandma Sue watching Hayden almost every work day. She will change her nursing hours at St. Mary’s Hosp. to work 5 days on, every other week. This will cover all days of care for Hayden except every other Monday and Tuesday when she will be working. Right now Rick and I will divide those two days, but we will begin to look for someone to help us out on those two days once tax season starts.
KB