Just when we thought we’d figured out the rhythm of chemo-kidney-labwork, we got yesterday’s results awash in A’s (abnormal) in categories we’ve never seen nor know how to interpret.

His creatinine is his version of normal, so that’s a relief in terms of Taq’s performance.

The protein in his urine is elevated, which his nephrologist told us last time could be due to “stress” – chemo, healing, anxious wife. We’ve been told not to worry about this until after chemo is complete.

This week, Dave’s white blood cell count is ABOVE the high end of normal. As a transplant patient, he’s supposed to be BELOW the normal range, so his body doesn’t reject Taq.

Chemo demolishes his white blood cells (WBC) along with the lymphocytes (the cancerous cells in his blodd), which is why he’s not receiving any anti-rejection drugs for the five months of chemo. Last week, Dave had almost no WBC, which is why we did the scheduled Grastofil injections, to trigger his bone marrow to produce WBC.

Now this!!??

Dave did a Google search before I woke up.
Not comforting. 🤯

We have a virtual consult with Dave’s nephrologist tomorrow morning, and an in-person appointment to meet his local oncologist on Monday. More lab work already scheduled. And another round of chemo on Wednesday.

I don’t even have the heart to play our theme song.
Almost.

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#whiplash
#justwhenwethoughtwehaditfiguredout

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