SUNDAY
JUNE 16th, 2019
Happy Father's Day!
Chris had a bit of a disruptful night last night, but it was well worth it.
Per usual, Chris has had a LOT of blood draws lately to monitor and track trends in his lab values as well as check for markers specific to cancer in his blood. Yesterday night, the hospitalist came into Chris's room and discussed the possibility of a blood transfusion due to a drop in the hemoglobin level in his blood. At 10:30 pm, the doctor came in and told us that the IR physician and himself decided that Chris should receive one unit of blood. They started the infusion around 12 am. It took about two hours to infuse and they repeated a blood draw to test his hemoglobin level an hour after the infusion finished.
The hemoglobin was only 0.2 mg higher that it was before the unit of blood, so around 5:00am, they decided to give Chris another unit of blood. His blood was drawn again at 8:30 am and his hemoglobin came back 1.5 higher than the previous. By 3:00pm, his Hgb was back to normal, meaning the small bleed in the abdomen was resolving itself and the blood tranfusions helped.
Chris's kidney function labs came back as normal. The nephrologist stopped by and said he was no longer needed. One less doctor is always a good sign.
Lastly, we spoke with the oncologist that has been monitoring Chris since he was admitted on Thursday. He reiterated that Chris had a high grade lymphoma, and we are still waiting on a few results from the biopsy before we will know exactly what type of lymphoma he has. (Frustrating!) He said that tomorrow we should hopefully have more results from the biopsy, but we will still be waiting for the results from the fish test. Per WebMD, "Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a test that "maps" the genetic material in human cells, including specific genes or portions of genes.
Happy Father's Day!
Chris had a bit of a disruptful night last night, but it was well worth it.
Per usual, Chris has had a LOT of blood draws lately to monitor and track trends in his lab values as well as check for markers specific to cancer in his blood. Yesterday night, the hospitalist came into Chris's room and discussed the possibility of a blood transfusion due to a drop in the hemoglobin level in his blood. At 10:30 pm, the doctor came in and told us that the IR physician and himself decided that Chris should receive one unit of blood. They started the infusion around 12 am. It took about two hours to infuse and they repeated a blood draw to test his hemoglobin level an hour after the infusion finished.
The hemoglobin was only 0.2 mg higher that it was before the unit of blood, so around 5:00am, they decided to give Chris another unit of blood. His blood was drawn again at 8:30 am and his hemoglobin came back 1.5 higher than the previous. By 3:00pm, his Hgb was back to normal, meaning the small bleed in the abdomen was resolving itself and the blood tranfusions helped.
Chris's kidney function labs came back as normal. The nephrologist stopped by and said he was no longer needed. One less doctor is always a good sign.
Lastly, we spoke with the oncologist that has been monitoring Chris since he was admitted on Thursday. He reiterated that Chris had a high grade lymphoma, and we are still waiting on a few results from the biopsy before we will know exactly what type of lymphoma he has. (Frustrating!) He said that tomorrow we should hopefully have more results from the biopsy, but we will still be waiting for the results from the fish test. Per WebMD, "Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a test that "maps" the genetic material in human cells, including specific genes or portions of genes.
Because a FISH test can detect genetic abnormalities associated with cancer, it's useful for diagnosing some types of the disease."
Because Chris has a high grade lymphoma, he believes that Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, being a bigger facility, would have better means to deal with the aggressive nature of Chris's cancer. He will be discussing Chris's case with the oncologists there, and depending on what is discussed, he may be transported to Froedtert for a bone marrow biopsy, and a biopsy of the cerebrospinal fluid.
He will likely begin chemo at Froedtert as soon as we know specifically what we're dealing with.
Thanks for the love and support.
V
P.S. Please check the photos for a picture of Chris and Stellan on his first father's day! We were so happy Chris was feeling pretty close to his normal self and got to hang out with Stellan on such a special day.
Because Chris has a high grade lymphoma, he believes that Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, being a bigger facility, would have better means to deal with the aggressive nature of Chris's cancer. He will be discussing Chris's case with the oncologists there, and depending on what is discussed, he may be transported to Froedtert for a bone marrow biopsy, and a biopsy of the cerebrospinal fluid.
He will likely begin chemo at Froedtert as soon as we know specifically what we're dealing with.
Thanks for the love and support.
V
P.S. Please check the photos for a picture of Chris and Stellan on his first father's day! We were so happy Chris was feeling pretty close to his normal self and got to hang out with Stellan on such a special day.
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