Home Again

Whoo-hoo! Troy is at home! I wanted to wait a day or two before I shared with y'all, considering what happened last time. Although the view from Northside was pretty sweet (he had a great view of the king and queen buildings), he is glad to be back home.

And if you have nothing else to do except watch some movies, you could always donate platelets or blood. :) We need to start stockpiling for the second transplant.

As always, thanks for all of the positive thoughts and prayers.

The blood cultures have come back and the news is that the infection is an antibiotic resistant blood infection. They are keeping him for at least a couple more days and are determining if the rest of the treatments can be done outpatient. He has a picline, which I guess is like a smaller, semi-permanent port, so no more getting stuck. Yay! He also got a round of chemo this weekend.

Well, crud

So Troy had one day of freedom before his temperature started creeping up. He spent Father's Day with his dad at the Towers getting fluids and stuff. On Monday, his temperature passed the safe threshold of 100.5, so Dr. Solomon re-admitted him to Northside. At first, they did not know what was causing the infection, but they now know that it a blood infection, which is an especially bad thing when you are neutropenic, because it defends you against other infections. So as a precaution, he is having his central port removed, because it is a site for infection, and he has a normal IV now. The bad news is that he has to be stuck every time he has a lab, which can be four times a day. He'll need to stay at the hospital until his counts come up. Keep praying for him.

Home Sweet Home!

Yay! Yay! Yay!
After 25 days at Northside, Troy was cleared yesterday and is safely ensconced at his parents' house! He (and we) are very appreciative of the wonderful doctors, nurses, and staff at Northside, but he is happy to not have to see them. (Stir crazy maybe?) He was projected to go home on Friday, but had some issues with dizziness. The doctors were adjusting his medications, which caused the lightheadness. He is looking forward to growing some white blood cells and getting healthy enough for the second stem cell transplant. Right now, his schedule will consist of visiting the Tower for fluids, platelets, and blood as needed, so keep those donations coming. Please contact me at hsaile at hotmail dot com for an address to send well wishes. Thank you for all of the positive thoughts and prayers!

Marathon!

Sorry the updates have lagged lately - things are good, so don't worry!

Troy has continued to improve over the past few days - in fact, he walked the equivalent of 1 mile around the transplant floor today (28 laps to be precise)!

His heart function is also improving and creatin levels are low - so it looks like things are good. Hopefully he will be back home at his parents soon.