The last day at the treatment centre has come and gone. I was there alone today as Shiela was doing a physical test as part of the hiring process for MD Ambulance (she passed with flying colours. Congrats!) Unfortunately I did not get one of the nice beds this time. The nice beds have buttons you can push to automatically raise and lower your head and feet in the bed. This one had to be done manually, so I only adjusted it once...it's too much of a pain to always get out of bed to adjust it.
By Day 3 now the nurses realized I wasn't eating my lunch so this time they asked me if I even wanted one rather than just bringing it. I opted to just have the orange juice and ate my own wonderful lunch that I had brought. After 2 hours of sleeping, reading and staring out the window (those hospital rooms actually have some really nice views) my time was up. They removed the needle from my arm which had stayed in there for 3 days and sent me on my way. As a token of my appreciation I had baked the nurses some cookies (chocolate chip with Skor pieces). They do a great job there and I wanted them to know it was appreciated.
I think this IVIg treatment is helping. After Day 1 my platelet count went up to around 60,000. After Day 2 it was up to around 90,000. So I'm hoping that after Day 3 it will be up to 120,000. (Normal is around 150,000) My goal is to be able to play in a soccer tournament on Sept 16th weekend, but I'll need to convince the Specialist of that first. I'm still taking 50mg of Prednisone (steroids) each day. My guess is the Specialist will lower it soon in order to see what happens to my platelet count with less Prednisone. His goal is to get me off the Prednisone as I shouldn't be on it for a long period of time.
Thank you to everyone who has been praying for me. I appreciate it a lot. I'm feeling really good through all this and am doing well. Keep checking back here for more updates and I'm also going to be writing another Fact or Fiction story shortly!
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Hi Sheldon,
You're so sweet - making cookies for the nurses! What a great brother-in-law! What a great husband for my sister!!!!!
I am so glad that this treatment seems to working.
love ya ,
Christy
Hey Sheldon, glad to hear your treatments went well. I was thinking of you again yesterday...say hi to Sheila for me! Did your cookies have coke in them? Remember that cake you brought to Janelle's place that had coke in it? It was a pretty moist cake!
Hi Sheldon. The fact or fiction concept is a great idea for a blog. Also, it takes a unique talent to make stories about going to the hospital interesting. I look forward to reading the next installment: Does Sheldon get to go to the big soccer tournament?!?
where are MY cookies?? don't i deserve some for being a faithful fan & bringing my precious little babe out into the cold all the time??? haha, JK. i want the recipe for those! they sound soooo good! thanks for checking out my blog! and i'm very happy that you like the O.C. only cool people like the O.C. maybe we'll have to have an O.C. party sometime. see you soon!
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