Doctor’s Appointment Today

Michael had another doctor’s appointment today. He is still on his antibiotics. While we were at the office his temp was 99.2. He is still running low-grade fever. His white blood count did come up to 4.1K which is a good thing. His platelet count only came up 1 to 25. His hemoglobin is down to 8.9.

After a good discussion with the doctors, they decided not to do his 6th chemo cycle. He is still not feeling that great and is still running a low-grade fever. Each treatment, it is taking longer and longer for him to bounce back. They are going to allow him to rest for a bit and try to get over this fever. They also want to give his body a break from the chemotherapy.

In two weeks, we will begin seeing his various specialists to begin running all his tests (MRI’s, CT Scans, chest x-rays, sonograms, tests to check internal organs, and various other tests). He will have tests from head to toe and everything in-between. After those tests, we will meet back with the oncologists and radiation oncologist and discuss his radiation plan.

At this point, the plan is to have lots and lots of tests in two weeks, if all goes good with the tests, begin his 5 weeks of radiation. Then they are still talking about finishing up with more chemotherapy.

He is happy about the “small” break right now. He is hoping to get some rest and get on his feet a little better. We will still need to monitor his temperature.