We had a very calm night last night. Eric made some improvements on his lungs. They are going to reduce the vent settings today. The doctors are back to hinting at maybe weaning him off the vent, which is soooooooooooooo exciting. Yesterday they were talking about going to a tracheotomy, which is a set up for much longer term breathing support.
Below, I plotted Eric's blood counts over the past month, platelets and white blood cells. When Eric checked into the hospital, his white blood cell count was way too high (over 100,000), and his platelet count was way too low at 5000. The green lines are the four chemo treatments. They were giving Eric something on Dec 11-13 to kill off the WBC, but didn't start the chemo until they had an exact diagnosis on Dec 14. Today, Eric's white blood cells are 5800 (normal range is 5000-10,000) and his platelets are 81,000 (normal range 150,000). Click on the graph to get a bigger image.
Love,
Sara
Great news, Sara! Keep the baby step progress coming! :)
ReplyDeleteA graph!! Makes a mom proud to raise such a great engineer/analyst/sister/daughter!
ReplyDeleteWonderful news! And thanks for the graph! I've been itching to build one, but the numbers appear in the status, and I don't know how to find old status. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteEric--Ive been praying for you since I found out! God bless you and bring strength to your family!
ReplyDeleteGood Point, Mrs. Lonn. She is one smart cookie, actually they all are! You have a right to be proud parents. I miss you all. Eric must have an endless supply of strength which he probably gets from all the love that is in his room. You are a great family and are truly blessed. You are in my thoughts daily and please let me know if there is anything I can do for you guys! Thanks for the graph, Sara. See, college DID pay off! :) Love ya.
ReplyDeleteI love the graph, next thing you'll tell us you use spreadsheets for family Christmas lists! ;). Very positve trends, all of you are in my prayers.
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