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On Friday, Leif's neutrophil count was 920! We credit Steph and Prue's duck dinner; the doctors credit their Neupogen shot. At any rate, they started making noises about letting Leif out of the hospital; the low neutrophil count was the main factor keeping him in. So they started coordinating amongst the many specialists, scheduling doctor's appointments, etc. On Saturday morning at 10am Leif got the news that his neutrophil count was up to 1280 (1500 is normal), and by 1pm he was on the way home!
We stopped to pick up 10 prescriptions, had some lunch at the apartment, then drove to Brunswick last night. We're here visiting Leif's parents and his nephews. His brother and sister-in-law will arrive later this morning, and this afternoon we're on our way to Belfast. We have to be back at DHMC on Wednesday, when Leif has a doctor's appointment and a PET scan, and they'll discuss the plan for the next step of treatment.
Even though it's last-minute, we thought it was better to fit our trip to Maine in now, when Leif has three days free of doctor's appointments, rather than planning to go after his Wednesday appointments, when for all we know, the plan may involve starting more treatment immediately.
On Friday, Leif's neutrophil count was 920! We credit Steph and Prue's duck dinner; the doctors credit their Neupogen shot. At any rate, they started making noises about letting Leif out of the hospital; the low neutrophil count was the main factor keeping him in. So they started coordinating amongst the many specialists, scheduling doctor's appointments, etc. On Saturday morning at 10am Leif got the news that his neutrophil count was up to 1280 (1500 is normal), and by 1pm he was on the way home!
We stopped to pick up 10 prescriptions, had some lunch at the apartment, then drove to Brunswick last night. We're here visiting Leif's parents and his nephews. His brother and sister-in-law will arrive later this morning, and this afternoon we're on our way to Belfast. We have to be back at DHMC on Wednesday, when Leif has a doctor's appointment and a PET scan, and they'll discuss the plan for the next step of treatment.
Even though it's last-minute, we thought it was better to fit our trip to Maine in now, when Leif has three days free of doctor's appointments, rather than planning to go after his Wednesday appointments, when for all we know, the plan may involve starting more treatment immediately.
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