Tiny Update

Bill had one night without blood (the night after he got the platelets).

But today, the bleeding has returned.

Of course we thought that maybe the platelets that he received fixed (raised) his platelet count and in that way, fixed the bleeding in his nose. Low platelet count and bleeding are related.

But that can't be, because all during the time that he got the Neupogen shots--which made his platelets go really, really high--he still had the extreme bleeding.

Leaving me to wonder if the person who gave the platelets had something else in their blood that would have given him some kind of protection for one night.

Monday, we see the specialist about his nose.

Then, Friday he gets more Gemzar if his blood work shows he is able to tolerate it.

We called the Doctor at Duke to get an appointment for his surgery, but they haven't called back yet.

(Bill just now said to tell you that he is really happy that the Gators and Badgers won their respective bowl games yesterday. Only Bill would say "respective bowl games," so you know I didn't make that up.)

Love,

Beth