Rollercoaster

Today was a bit of a rollercoaster ride. It began pretty smoothly for Brenan, took a few dips midday, and then finished off pretty decent. About 11:00, Brenan began experiencing shortness of breath, high blood pressure, and a fever. They hooked him up to a heart monitor and some oxygen, gave him medication, and we all did whatever we could to make him comfortable. By about 5:30 p.m., just in time for me to rush home from work and get to the hospital, everything was A-Okay with Brenan's heartrate back down, no fever, and easy breathing. Every nurse and nurse's aide who came in after I arrived said to Brenan upon entering his room, "Well, don't you look much better!" A part of me is a little relieved I got there just in time to see a more relaxed and comfortable Brenan.

It is now around midnight here in Arizona and I am home from the hospital. This evening while I was there, he was visited by a surgeon who noticed his spleen is a bit enlarged. This is probably what is causing some pain in his side and keeping his platelet count so low, but is nothing to be too concerned about at this point. He received one bag of platelets today and they are starting a second dose of chemotherapy in about an hour. As far as I have heard, this is the second of five doses he will receive.

He was also taken down for several scans today of his foot, chest, and abdomen, none of which produced anything to cause too much concern.