Day T plus 11 and growing!

Gil's new bone marrow is producing new white blood cells! and neutrophils!! They both are part of the immune system and his are starting to kick it into gear! With the healing of his throat and intestinal track comes a good deal of sloughing off of cells, so the GI issues are still strong.

He's starting to lose his hair so he asked me to cut it all off (so as to avoid looking moth eaten or mangy) A teenage visitor yesterday had suggested a Mohawk as an interim look, so here you have it. I think I look way too jolly doing it!

A quick look at the numbers for those of you who are interested: After 2 bags of red blood cells, his hemoglobin is up to 10.5 After 2 bags of platelets, he's up to 9000 and (drum roll) his white blood count as of this morn was 0.5, half way to the magic "1.0" he needs for 2 days to be released.

To be released he needs, in addition to the WBC, to have consumed 1000 calories for two days, have walked daily.

Here's hoping for this Friday or Saturday!!