Today has been an adventure.  Cheyene had a game this morning and her team won 12 – 2.  We were planning on going to see Sal this afternoon at the hospital but the expedition broke down so by the time it was fixed I just wanted to stay home.

Sal’s numbers are starting to drop.  Hopefully his platelets won’t drop too much because the more platelet transfusions the more antibodies he will get from the transfusions and this could be harmful.

If you would like to go see Sal, please let us know.  He isn’t in pain like he was last time, however, please make sure you do not have a runny nose, sore throat or anything else….we don’t want sepsis this round.  Also, if you work for the Riverside County Sheriff’s we would really like help with Sal’s catastrophic time bank.  We received only two donations and this week will be his last paycheck.  Since May 5, 2012 he has used up all of his vacation and sick time and this last paycheck won’t be a full paycheck.  Once he goes on disability we will have to pay around $1200-1400 a month for our health insurance and he will hopefully receive up to 80% of his pay.  We are still waiting to hear if the disability insurance will approve him for this amount.  We should know something next week.

Blood counts for today

White Blood count 3.2

Hemoglobin 12.7

Platelets 116

Last chemo bags tonight! The kids came up this afternoon after Jacob’s basketball game.  I went and got everyone McDonalds for dinner while they watched diary of a Whimpy kid . Next week sal’s counts are going to start to go down  and he will start neupegen shots on Monday. This is a white blood cell booster that should help increase his counts faster. The shots are in his stomach and hurt!

He hasn’t gotten sick on this round yet, he has only had problems sleeping because of having to pee every hour. We will keep everyone updated

Sal will be going in for his next round of chemo.  This will be his second consolidation, so we only have two more consolidations after this.  We are still looking for a bone marrow transplant donor.  I don’t know how to stress the importance of finding a match.  If we don’t find a match soon, the chances of Sal getting leukemia are very high.  We need to fnd a match before he finishes his four rounds of consolidation.  Once he is done with his consolidation he won’t be able to do anymore and the leukemia will eventually return.  Please remember, even if you don’t match Sal, you might match someone else in the database that is looking for a match.  How great would it be, to be able to help save a life!  Please sign up today at www.bethematch.org or www.marrow.org