Another hospital visit done, date for admission confirmed as the 7th Dec, date for Transplant confirmed as the 16th Dec It is a relief to know that it is actually going to happen because until today we were still in limbo so to speak.
Bert met with the Psychologist today which was good as he is worried about getting to know a whole new team, He has been with his present team for 14 months and knows them all well, we…
Well after yet another sleepless night we made it to the hospital for Bert's Bone Marrow results, pretty much what we expected his Leukaemia is at 5% his Myelodysplasia won't get any better without the Transplant and the Leukaemia will just come back without the Transplant.
So Bone Marrow Transplant here we come, he is booked in provisionally for the 7th Dec so it looks like another festive season in hospital…
Bert's Neutrophils have crashed again 2 weeks ago they were 2.9 now they are down to 0.4 Not good news.
Today he had his Bone Marrow Aspiration but we will not get the resuts until Next Wednesday.
We have had a really busy week with appointments and next week will be the same. Bloods on Tuesday, Results on Wednesday, Thursday we go to the Beatson for pre- transplant discussions and Friday he needs to get a new Hickman…
Well Bert has been home for 10 days now and enjoying being here. He sleeps almost 20 hours a day so I don't really see much of him awake. We have a couple of busy weeks coming up. Monday he has to have an Echocardiogram and Pulmonary Function tests, day off on Tue. Bloods Wednesday. Bone Marrow Aspiration on Thursday, Dentist on Friday. so All of that will tire him out more. I am still on a mouse hunt as it was back…
Friday morning we got the date through for admission for Bone Marrow Transplant, it is the 7th December. Now I have mixed feelings about this transplant. Firstly Bert needs to be in remission and we wont find that out until nearer the time, he also has to have a variety of tests on his heart,lungs, kidneys & liver oh and they also have to make sure he has no STD's or HIV..Before they do the Aspiration to find out if he…
