Steve and Terry dealt with more lab work today. Terry was following up with the doctors about last week's creatinine level and they asked for another blood draw today to check it all out. So, after work this evening Steve had more blood taken which they treated as "stat" in order to get the results tonight. There had been some talk about possibly needing another hospital stay if the kidney results worsened and Steve didn't like the sound of that! The good news, his kidney numbers have stabilized with the creatinine at 2.7 and BUN down from 24 to 23 indicating a tread towards normal. He is still drinking a ton of water every day. His platelet levels were much improved at 94,000 and are getting closer towards normal, too. He is scheduled for another blood check next week to continue monitoring him.
Work is going well and Steve says he has enough energy to get through a day's work. He notices that he is weaker with his skinny stick legs and arms and he gets winded at the top of a flight of stairs. He says he doesn't notice any problems with language or thinking, he just felt rusty and needed reminding of some of the newer engineer's names last week.
We are approaching the April 20th MRI and subsequent maintenance chemotherapy. The doctors are watching Steve's kidney function closely because of the expected stress of the upcoming chemo.
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