Kath and I woke up to Alek and I felt really sick. I tried to make it to the bathroom but ended passing out for several minutes. Katherine had to call 911. She was not sure if I was breathing. As the 911 operator was giving Kath instructions for CPR I came to. Then I was off the the hospital.
It turns out that my blood pressure was extremely low and all my blood counts were very low. In the words of the doctor, if you were not so young these level would be a matter of life and death. Due to this I ended up needing to get a blood transfusion and stay in the ICU for a few days having my heart and blood pressure monitored every hour.
I just got out this evening. They are still not positive at what caused my counts to get so out of whack and my blood pressure to drop so low. I need to schedule an appointment with Dr. Fadul some time this week for him to do an evaluation. It could be that all the chemo, radiation, along with the stomach bug and bronchitis just did a number on my body. Another reason could be that I have a small ulcer that is bleeding and caused the counts to go so low. Or worse case scenario is that the cancer has spread to my bone marrow and is not allowing me to produce red blood cells. I am still very tired and have to be very careful of what I do.
This is also going to delay my plans to get into the Clinical Trial in Dana Farber. My blood levels are going to have to come up before I can get into the trial. Right now I don't know how long but at least a couple weeks for sure.
I will keep you updated but I am going to go get some rest right now.
Kris
