MOVING FORWARD

Today, within minutes, they will be taking Dave to put his Hickman catheter in. This catheter will be inserted in the right upper chest area and will be access to chemo drugs and stem cells. Dave has had fever spikes over the last two days which are being treated with Tylenol. According to the medical staff, this is not abnormal when dealing with leukemia. His whitecount has still not gone down to the level which would be ideal before beginning the treatment that has been recommended to fight this leukemia. They have again increased his dose of Hydrea to, hopefully, bring down his whitecount. This may take another couple of days, but no one knows for sure as everyone's body reacts in its own way. I hope Dave will be more comfortable after the Hickman is inserted.