Today was just like the past week or so has been. Very good news and Dr Miller even saw a neutrophil in Jenn's blood which is a great sign.
Today's lesson of the day...
Neutrophil: A type of white blood cell, specifically a form of granulocyte, filled with neutrally-staining granules, tiny sacs of enzymes that help the cell to kill and digest microorganisms it has engulfed by phagocytosis. The mature neutrophil has a segmented nucleus (it is called a seg or poly) while the immature neutrophil has band-shape nucleus (it is called a band). The neutrophil has a lifespan of about 3 days.
Dr Miller won't release Jenn from the hospital till her Neutrophil count is up and so far Jenn only has 1 Neutrophil per blood smear... Not high at all, but 1 is more than Jenn has had because the Chemo kills off all of the Neutrophils and most of Jenn's white blood cells in general.
We are hopeful that Jenn will be released from the hospital by next weekend. So at this point it is just important to get Jenn out on daily walks... We did so yesterday and went to another medical building on the campus here in Charlotte and we are about to go out for another walk now to see what else we can find.
Jenn is not receiving any blood products again today, so she is just moving along at a great clip.
Jenn would like to thank Geraldine Wnuk for her new Giraffe print scarf that all of the nurses just love and for the Buffalo PJ bottoms as well; very cute! Also Jenn would like to thank Allie and Doug for the awesome smelling Toasted Coconut Coffee... We cannot wait to brew some here in the next couple of days.
Much Love from Room 4912!!
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