This is Pauline, Boone's wife. Every year on or near his birthday, he has his annual physical. His doctor told him that he had "Immature blood cells" and referred him to a hemotologist. To Boone's great surprise when he arrived for the appointment, the hemotologist was an oncologist. They drew blood and the Oncologist, Dr. K, wanted to know why I was not with him. Next visit he said, I better be there. A month later, we went to the appointment. Blood was drawn. Dr. K. said it could be a couple of things, and ordered a bone marrow biopsy. On the 3rd month, we heard the diagnosis of CMML.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Day T+ 31 and counting.

Boone is much better this AM.  Sleeping peacefully.  All vitals looking good.  He is no longer has the mask, just the nose hose.  They are delivering about half as much O2 as yesterday and he's holding his oxygen level in the upper 90s.

They are going to drain both lungs this afternoon.


P.S.  TLS & B;  thank you very much.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Again, so thankful he has you. Praying for you both. Keep up the good work. Sounds like deep in his mind he is scared most of the time. I'm glad you can calm him down. Thanks for the blog.

Donor

Stella said...

My silence is thinking and prayer. This is a valley where the battle takes place. Goodness, he is putting up a battle even though his thoughts are garbled. Now is165 the time when you think for him.

stella said...

Please do not puzzle over the numerals in the above item. I proved I was not a ROBOT in the wrong area.

Jeri said...

Sounds good. Continuing to pray for you all.

Anonymous said...

Great news! Tell him to keep fighting through it all. I am very glad he is doing better. Let's hope he just keeps progressing in the right direction. Regardless of how small the steps seem to us, they are huge mountains to climb for him and every victory should be celebrated.

I sent you a text with my contact info. Please let me know if you do not receive it and I will send something to Boone's phone so we can get our contact info straightened out.

Talk soon.

- B

Anonymous said...

So very glad that things are looking up. We send you both positive vibes every day. You are both in our prayers...

TLS & B