Day +18

Battle Zone!

This was the projected day for Bill to come home so we are grateful he was able to leave the hospital a few days early!  It is difficult to be home though without the safety net of all the nurses keeping their eye on him!  He has been getting light headed in the mornings which worries me!  We monitor his blood pressure which seems ok.  His heart rate is still low( in the 40's) so that may be the culprit.  Cardiology said nothing to worry about (easy for them to say).  This morning the sheets looked like a battle zone.  His platelets were 22 on Thursday so my guess is they are now back into the single digits.  He has a skin tear on in arm and scratch on his hand.  For the rest of us these would just scab over but his lack of clotting ability just keeps them oozing!  Molly said we should have stock in Bleach the way I am constantly bleaching everything!!!!!  I will be glad when Monday comes and we go back to Northwestern for his first followup!