My 300 Million army cells

                               

                   

After a good night sleep and well hydrated, I am officially neutropenic. I then received some antibiotics and ant acid meds, as a prophylactic to the effects that my fighter cells may have. At 11 am my 300 million cells were presented to me by my research nurse and unit nurse. I donned my Dorothy red slippers T-shirt and Christine my nurse arrived on shift with her cancer crusher T-shirt!!! We gave the cells a blessing and the infusion started, all of 30 mins and it was done, squishing every last drip from the tubing. After lunch  the nurse told me that I will be monitored regulary to give me an indication of when I could receive the Aldesleukin. My blood pressure usually runs low, but it was lower than normal and I was feeling well. They were reluctant to commence with the Aldesleukin, as this product does drop the blood pressure amongst other things like flu like symptoms, fluid on the lung and puffy ankles as the albumin levels will be low. So after a few more BP checks over a couple of hours the doctors decided to go ahead and give it anyway. After the next check my blood pressure had come up, no kidding!!!
Only allowed to walk around the ward today as the masked lady and stayed awake to watch a whole movie. Feeling a bit more human today and enjoying food today. We will wait to see how tomorrow goes.