1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back

I made this post at work 2minutes after Dan's post - So sorry for duplication

5am trips to the ER are fun. Warning - *if you dont like talking about body functions you may want to skip this entry* This week has been an odd one, we didnt really know what to expect. By Monday the nausea was gone and things were looking good. Dan's counts were all pretty good. Tuesday & Wednesday Dan started to really feel the effects of taking 5 different anti-nausea medicines several times a day for 9 days. For all the good they did slowing down the GI track so he doesnt throw up they also basically stopped his GI track completely. Tuesday he started taking Colace and eating foods that help you have bowel movements. Even went out and got some dreaded Magnesium Citrate (for anyone who has had a colonoscopy you know this evil drink) Nothing. Added in some more laxatives wednesday to get his GItrack moving and still nothing. Wednesday night/thursday morning Dan was so uncomfortable, he thought he had food poisoning. His heart was racing at times and just overwhelming bloating and discomfort. Went to the ER - they did a Xray of his abdomen - no blockage just completly full of poop! Did an EKG that was normal. Did some lab work - Hgb 11.8, Hct 34.8, Platelet 69k, WBC 4.04. He is offically neutropenic (ANC 760). That means no going out without a mask on, no going into work, no handling fresh fruits/vegs, no nothing until his WBC & ANC counts come back up. He is supposed to drink another bottle of Magnesium Citrate today and hope it works finally. The shear amount of drugs he has taken over the last 2 weeks is crazy and his poor body doesnt know what to do. Hopefully his system will even out and his counts will come back up so he can go about normal life for a couple days at least.