This blog is to keep our family and friends informed on how things are going while we are at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock. Some people have asked why I choose to go all the way to Little Rock which is a 610 mile drive from home. UAMS has the Myeloma Institute of Research and Therapy. Here, they treat more people with Myeloma than any hospital in the world.
Thursday, May 2--Change in Injections
We spent a much longer day at the hospital. We were there from 8am until 2:30pm. They decided to double the growth factor injections of Neupogen. Instead of getting two injections a day, I will receive four injections per day. Today I received another unit of blood. They want my hemoglobin to be higher when I go for the stem cell harvest so that is the reason for the infusion of blood. I continued to receive the Lovenox injection to prevent any unwanted clotting. Since we were there late enough from the morning appointment, they went ahead and gave me the evening injections so that saved us making another trip back to the hospital at 4pm. The APN thinks my ProCOUNT will be high enough tomorrow that they will replace the existing port that runs into my carotid artery to the larger port needed in preparation for the stem cell harvest. I kind of dread them making that change. My white cell count today was 4.98 and platelets 141.