Saturday, June 7, 2008

Remote medicine.

Well, my meeting with the doctor today went well except for the absence of the doctor. He called it in. So I had my vitals (blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, O2 sats) checked and they were fine. Today, so far, I haven't had a fever, although I think the odds are near zero that I have seen my last fever spike. We also checked my blood again, and it hadn't moved much since yesterday, so the doctor made the call that I was not in danger of becoming neutropenic and so I didn't get an injection of neupogen instead they just let me go back home as-is. So, here I am. The nurse is still coming twice a day to hang my IV antibiotics, and to hook me up to the antibiotic pump for the night, and change my dressings.