Leo was released last night and is now at home. After removing his central line and having an uneventful (no fever) weekend, they inserted his new PICC line in his arm and let him on his way. He has a couple new medications and has to administer IV antibiotics twice daily for the next 4 weeks, but we'll take it. He's feeling pretty good and his platelet and hemoglobin counts seem to be maintaining fairly well. His white cell count, though is still quite low at 0.2. So at this point they will just continue to monitor him. He is back to U of C visits 3 times a week at least for this week, then depending on how he does, he can go back to just once a week and twice in Elgin.
Thanks again to everyone that has followed the blog and supported us these past several months. Without such great family and friends, I don't know how we would manage. Have a wonderful week!
My name is Bernadette Rivera and my husband, Leo was dignosed with Leukemia in 2007. I've decided to create this blog so that you will all have the most current information on Leo and what's going on with his condition and his transplant. I hope this will be an informative (and maybe even entertaining) tool to keep you posted on his progress.
July 2009
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