I didn't expect a Part 3, because I didn't anticipate Part 2 yesterday, but here we are. I said we were going to be boring yesterday afternoon and evening, but sadly, we were not. Eric's nose started bleeding. It was kind of chaos as we moved from the clinic over to the inpatient side with Eric's nose bleeding. He was getting a dose of IV TXA and his Nurse Practitioner ordered platelets, but I was concerned that he'd had Cetirizine too early in the day to ward off a reaction, so I was asking for Benadryl. All chaos, but we got settled; Eric got his Benadryl and platelets and his nose stopped bleeding. We got some dinner, late, and chilled for a bit.
Eric slept well; I did not on a couch bed that didn't fold down. In the morning, his nurse said they'd take him for his biopsy at 10:15. That seemed odd since they don't really even build the list until everyone is in, plus they can't start until the anesthesiologist shows up which is unpredictable. Anyhow, they ended up coming to get him around 10:40, which was okay but he was starting to get a little hungry and annoyed that it was later than he'd been told. In the meantime, the doctor stopped by for a check up and said all of Eric's blood work is still looking "normal."
Once Eric was asleep (sedated), I went to get him kettle corn, chocolate milk, and a Starbucks grilled cheese for when he woke up. But he didn't come back! Usually biopsies are really fast. Eventually the Resident who was in the procedure came in, and then the Dr who did the procedure, who we know. They came to give me a heads up because they had some challenges in the procedure. Eric has had all but one of his biopsies on his right side and they were having trouble so had planned to switch to the left side this time. They were able to get a good sample of marrow, but they were not able to get much aspirate, which is part of the procedure, from the left side. So they decided to go in and try on the right side. They also weren't able to get much aspirate there. So Eric has basically been biopsied on both sides and they're not even sure they got enough aspirate for the tests. They let Eric's Oncologist know, but we won't hear anything until next week. In the meantime, Eric's back is killing him. The procedure doc suggested that we should be liberal with the pain meds and we are, but it's still really hurting.
We were able to get out of the hospital, so at least he gets to be as comfortable as he can be at home and hopefully he is able to get some sleep tonight and isn't in as much pain tomorrow.
We're back in clinic on Wednesday/Christmas Eve for next week's check up and platelet transfusion.
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