Today has been a great day! We started with a visit in the clinic at 7am - bright and early. Labs continue to improve - white blood cell count is up to 3.6, hemoglobin 7.1, platelet count 12, and creatinine 3.3!! So all in all, Brian's body is healing itself! It will take anywhere from 3-6 months to fully recover all of the counts, but at least we're continuing to trend in the right direction. We've been told that the creatinine would slow down in its' decent towards normal, so the small decline is neither surprising nor discouraging. In fact, I was encouraged that it continued to decline when this was the first time in over two weeks that Brian has not been on continuous IV fluids. Brian is still very tired and spends most of his day resting, but he is doing remarkably well walking up and down stairs, eating meals with the family, etc. He is a real fighter and can't wait to get back on his bike! He's already organizing getting his bike and the trainer over here to my parents' house so that he can start riding again next week!
After the clinic visit we visited our house to gather a few little things and then hung out with the kids the rest of the day at my parents house...our home for the time being. Sophie has been great with Brian. At first she was a little timid due to the lack of hair, but after a little while she cuddled up next to him and has hardly left his side since. I've included a photo of them hanging out in bed watching tv - very sweet!
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