Riley had a hard night last night. Right before they started the chemo at 4 am, he woke up in a whole lot of pain from shoulder to shoulder. The surgeon did say that his line was quite difficult to put in because of scar tissue from his port in the area. He had to put a wire in to tunnel the way. Yes, that could get ya up in the night with some pain!! He tried heat packs and some more mild pain relievers and then just went for the morphine that the nurse was offering. I don't think he believed that the morphine would work, since it did not with his gut pain from his infection. It sure did do the trick though and Riley was finally sleeping again. In the morning, Dr. Kopp greeted him with "Happy 8 day!!" (search Brian Regan... very funny!) Riley introduced many doctors and nurses to the classic --ER - pain scale-- bit. They had to say it!! I was relieved that he handled the morphine so well, knowing that he will be on that quite a bit through the transplant. Looks like we are full steam ahead.
Melissa was Riley's nurse again today. Yesterday they had many conversations about how wonderful peeps are and today she brought him a box in every color!! YUM! She is wonderful!
White blood cells: 2.8 (normal 4.5 - 13.5)
Red Blood cells: 10.8 (normal 13.5 - 17.5)
Platelets: 135 (normal 150 - 425)
ANC: 1232 ( < 500 = severely neutropenic) (normal 2,000 - 5,000)
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