My white count had increased to 3.32 this morning. I won't post results of the white count again unless there's a big change in them. My platelets changed from 16 yesterday to 15 today so I'm hoping that means that I am holding my own on platelets. Maybe they will soon start to go up on their own but I did receive a bag of platelets today and one unit of blood.
It seemed as if we were never going to get out of the hospital today and be released. They had to remove the PICC line late this afternoon that was not as easy as I had hoped. The device has something to hold it in that resembles a hook on each side of it. When they started to remove it, the hooks would not release from the flesh inside my arm. The nurse worked on it awhile and each time he pulled, it created quite a bit of pain. He gave up and called another nurse and she had the same problem and finally she gave up and called a doctor. He came and pulled and tugged and each time the pull and tug caused even more pain so he gave up and called a surgeon. The surgeon gave me several injections of Lidocaine around the site of the PICC line and pulled it out and that finally worked. Thank goodness!
We finally got to the apartment and it is lovely, and quiet and just wonderful to be here. I have to go back to MIRT in the morning at 9 and then I have an appointment with Dr. Van Rhee.
I'm sorry I'm so late posting this but we have been running so behind this afternoon.