Bone Marrow Returning?!?

Hi everyone!

They're drawing new labs now, but the blood labs drawn at 4 this morning showed that his platelets, hemoglobin and white blood cells were slightly higher!! The hemotologist said that the white blood cells that are showing up are neutrophils, which are good! They're going to continue to watch the numbers and hopefully by Monday will be able to do another bone marrow biopsy. This will let them know if he is in a remission. The hemotologist did warn that sometimes when the white blood cells return, they start to attack the parts of his body that have been sick. So, if he gets a little worse in the next few days, that is normal, and not something to be worried about.

The critical care team was able to get a CT of Eric's chest last night to get a better look at his lungs. They said that there is still a lot of fluid and inflammation in the bottom of his lungs. They also said that his lungs look stiff, which is why it is taking a lot of pressure to inflate them for a breath. Hopefully, this will continue to get better. We just need to keep slowly weening him off. He's currently at 45% O2, a PEEP of 5, and PC over PEEP of 40.

It's still a little premature to know if his bone marrow is really functioning, but hopefully the numbers continue to rise!!

Love,
Melissa