Thursday, December 18, 2008

Day "31"

Yahoo! Jeff hit an ANC of .5 today, and he has a White Blood Count (WBC) of 1.0! I don't know what the nurses did, but I did my own "happy dance" here at my sisters house when I heard the news! That was still not the ticket to go home, but the doctor said that Christmas Eve was a realistic release date! :) He still has some issues to overcome--lung, kidney function, potassium level, bladder, neupogen, etc, etc, etc! He received platelets and blood and had the usual nausea and vomiting. Seriously, I don't know how he does it!
Oh-ya...more good news! As of today, all of Jeff's medications have been switched to PO (which just means they are taken orally)! So, he only needs his med pole (aka his second wife) when he receives blood products! Other than that, he is a free man! The trips to the bathroom just got a little easier! :)
One last thing...I put a hit counter on this blog last Friday morning, and as of tonight (Thursday) there have been 2158 hits! Thanks for the overwhelming show of support! You don't have a clue how much it brightens our day! Thanks!

5 comments:

wenwin said...

Doing the "HAPPY DANCE" here in West Chester, PA!!
Maybe we can get the people on the flight over to Vegas to join us in the happy dance too!
We are excited to be out West by tonight!

Keep those numbers going up, up ,up!

The Wingnut's :)

Dan,Lisa,Zeak,Jake,Kaci said...

Yahoo! I think we need to change the words to a favorite Christmas song from Here Comes Santa Claus to Here Come Jeff Andrus! Congrats.

czstephensfam said...

Yay Jeff!! Christmas with your family will be so sweet!
Kathryn, you are awesome, thank you for keeping us all posted.
Zan

wadeandjulie said...

Hi Jeff! Do you remember us?? you did our basement in south Jordan! When Preston told us about whats going on...and he gave us your blog we have been watching your condition. your wife is amazing!!!! keeping everyone posted! and so are you!!!! We pray for your recovery and pray that you will be home for Christmas!!!

Anonymous said...

Rock on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andrus's