Charmaine had a good weekend at home. Slowly gaining her strength back. The Valtrex causes some extra fatigue but the Dr cut her dosage down to 2000mg per day. That seemed to help some. Her blood counts are normal now so she is able to see the kids and grandchildren some. Her appetite is back to normal and she is slowly gaining her sense of taste back.
While she was in the hospital this last time, one of the nurses gave her Lovenox shot (which is a blood thinner) on her side instead of under her navel area. For some reason she had a terrible bruise to start with about the size of a half dollar. It was sore like a bruise. It has expanded to softball size and the pain has intensified. It feels like all the nerves in that area are exposed, almost like touching an open wound. We are calling the Dr today on this.
She also has a small white ulcer looking spot on her right pupil.
As I have said before , new things seem to pop up every time.
We have a very busy week this week going to Emory 3 days. The testing and pre transplant counseling are starting.
Will keep you all posted on the progress as we approach the transplant which should be end of Aug or 1st week in Sept.
Sam
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Thank you for keeping up with the updates. I am glad to hear Charmaine is feeling a bit better. The frequent trips to Emory are tiring for everyone, I am sure. When Jim was going through his radiation treatments, we only had to go to Cobb General, but going every day wore us both out.
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