Puncture

Monday 16 April

This morning's blood sample did not reveal elevated levels of WBC, depite early microscopic sightings late last week. We are one Day 20 today, and the statistical average is 21 for the beginnng of the surge.

Writing this I am remineded of what we were looking at when Lara was in intensive care, last year. We were strung along by successive projections offred by different doctors that went wfrom 21 to 28 days and beyond. The waiting game. This time it doesn't seem any different. The bone marrow will just have to follow its course.

Speaking of which: they are doing a puncture this afternoon. The key question doctors are now seeking to answer is not where the WBC are, but if they spot any bad cells! They want the marrow to be crisp and clean, like last year's. If, in addition, they see any signs of resurging leukocytes, that will count as a bonus of the puncture, not as the main purview. Do the mantra, folks: healthy, healthy, healthy! (With the emphasis on the second syllable.)

Lara didn't feel too well receiving insulin to counteract the glucose in her nutrition package and told the doctors she doesn't want any part of either. So now they are stopping both. Which means she will have to make credible dents in her three meals of the day, thus convincing the doctors she imbibes and ingests sufficient nutrients.

Other than that, she sounded more with it than the days before.

Stay tuned.