Erika's Treatment Update -- Week 5

Hi again everyone!

With the help of my friend Randy, I've started this blog to do my updates instead of sending mass emails. I'll try to do an update once a week, however no guarantee's depending on how I'm feeling.

I actually don't have much of an update this week, here's what's been going on the past few days...

Sunday I was admitted to Stanford due to my blood pressure being low and being somewhat dehydrated. I got to remember what it's like to spend the night by myself with a beeping machine and being woken up every other hour to check my vitals! Luckily after two tranfusions and lot's of hydration they let me go home. I had to go back in yesterday to check my counts and will go back again tomorrow to check again. I swear the reason they need to keep giving me tranfusions is because they're taking so much blood out of me with all these count checks! My red count and platelets are steady (because of the tranfusions), however the white count still remains very low. I've been getting daily Neupogen shots since Saturday so any day now we should see those start to climb back up. I'm hoping to stay away from Stanford through the weekend since I'll be spending most of next week there preparing for transplant.

No word yet on the age/gender of the donor or if they have passed their physical exam, hopefully I'll have a better update next week.

I still have lot's of the Lance Armstrong bracelets left so if any of you want some, just email me your address!

Love always,
Erika