Day +12

Praise the Lord Rachel's white count was 1 today!! The absolute neutrophil count was 0.8 and this is the count that has to be 0.5 for 3 days to come out of the room and walk the hall. It has to be 2.5 to get discharged from the hospital. Rachel is feeling about the same today as yesterday and most symptoms are the same. Today fresh baked chocolate cookies were brought to the unit they were warm and smelled so good, so Rachel tried one, but did not like it. Things still do not taste good, and that seems to be the biggest problem with eating at the moment. She actually was hungry at dinner time and wanted chili so I went to a deli within walking distance and picked some up. She ate a little of it and thought it tasted good, but then it didn't settle well with her stomach, disappointing.
I went to a class today on line care and how to give her one of the meds, mucomyst that she will still be receiving by IV when discharged. Lots of information, but I guess I will get the hang of it once I have to start doing it all of the time. The doctors are also taking Rachel off of some of the meds she is on and are saying in the next few days they will switch some of the IV meds to pill form. That is encouraging as well.
We are watching episodes of The Nanny at the moment...we love those they are so funny and laughing is a good way to spend time in the hospital.