Bye Bye Old Immune System

Sounds like the old immune system is almost gone!!! Eric's numbers have pretty much bottomed out.
WBC = .34
Hemoglobin = 10.3
Hematocrit = 32.1
Platelet = 95
ANC = .27

This is good news!! Eric has some sort of small rash going on.. Dermotolgist came in to see him today. Nothing real major.. It is funny.. The dermotolgist thought he needs to change soap.. he has been using the same soap for 20 years.. Talked to the nurse tonight and we think it might have to do with some of the new meds he was on.. ( I missed my calling!!)..

They are going to start Eric on neuprogen tomorrow. This will help rebuild those white blood cells and speed up the process. Not sure how long we can expect this to happen. Dr. B says this is when people start to get antsy. We can also expect Eric to get some sort of fever in the next day or 2. They said that when your immune system is that low, the body will fight back with a fever. Any small sign of fever they will start him on antibiotics ASAP.

I have been going to the office and working the last couple days. Been taking the train. The city is a bizarre place. It is like a whole different world. I feel like an outsider looking in. Everyone is in a hurry, going here or there. I am absorbing the sights, views, people, architecture, etc. Had a pigeon walk up to my feet today. Crazy.. they aren't afraid of people in the least. It is like we are in there way. Highly fashion dressed people on one side of me and homeless on the other. I think I have seen every nationality. I have been riding the "pink line train" not for the color (ha!) but for the convience. It is one of the above ground trains and has a stop right here by the hospital. It is pretty cool riding in through the loop. You see a whole different view of the magnificant buildings.. I am kind of an old building architecture buff.. I am amazed at all the old ornate detail to some of the buildings. Our chicago office is on the 46th floor of an awesome building on Wacker street downtown. It faces the river and the view from there is also awesome. You can see the lake for miles and the tops of some of these buildings are
crazy. So much work on some of the roof tops and people on the street don't seem to notice the beauty around them. I guess maybe the city people could say the same about us city folks.. We drive by corn fields, rivers, and open country and don't take the time to see the beauty around us... OK, might be getting to corney now.. but I did have a moment today in the hustle, bustle to wonder if all these hundreds of thousands of people in downtown Chicago ever look up to see the beauty of their city or appreciate the diversity around them???