Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head....

Thought that snippet from the Beatles was appropriate for the start of today's early post....I woke up this morning, jolted out of bed by my favorite Beatles song... Here, There and Everywhere (Click the title for the lyrics). This song is my Trish ring tone on my cell phone. Like Pavlov's dog, I stop whatever I am doing - mid sentence, bite, whatever - when I hear that song and I answer my phone.

Trish called me about 7am this morning to tell me the fellow had just been by and that they were going to do her day 63 bone marrow biopsy today. Hmmm, we didn't know there was a day 63 bone marrow biopsy.... So she reminded him that she wouldn't do it without conscious sedation and to see if Dr. Griffiths was busy or available.

So this means she can't eat or drink today until after the procedure and she is likely to be very sleepy the rest of the day. It also means that she is a lot less likely to be discharged today. Just a little while ago her nurse MariCris came in and told us they may not do the procedure today. So we are waiting for rounds to figure out just what they will or won't do today.

Count-wise she is looking great -- liver down, immune system up! Her legs are starting to bother her and they said this was from the growth factor (neupogen) shots she is getting each day. MariCris said they stop the shots after her white or neutrophil (ANC) counts are above 1000 for three days -- she couldn't remember which. If it's white, the 3 days begin today. If it's ANC, hopefully they will be above 1000 tomorrow. Counts do fluctuate so small drops aren't that big a deal. We'll see how things go this afternoon, look for an update late afternoon, early evening.