Jeff was admitted to the hospital today, but things are moving a bit slowly. He needs to have his heart evaluated and his central line placed before he can begin chemotherapy. He'll be receiving a 5-day protocol call CLAG-M, which consists of 3 different chemo drugs and Neupogen, which if you remember, is used to boost white counts.
He's also been having severe sciatica-type pain, so they're doing an MRI as I write this, and they'll do a spinal tap tomorrow to make sure this problem isn't leukemia related. I am convinced it's completely unrelated, because he's had this problem on and off, and it started way before he was initially diagnosed. Needless to say, I've been wrong before and I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that the leukemia isn't lurking in his brain.
Because the hospital has all kinds of good drugs available to them, Jeff is more comfortable right now than he's been in a long time. I hope they can keep him that way throughout the week. His blood counts are relatively stable, but low, and he is already neutropenic (meaning he doesn't have enough germ-fighting cells available and he is very susceptible to infection).
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Jeff is in good hands! Hooray for good hands!
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