This morning, during Dr. Lewis' daily checks, he informed us that he found some blasts in her blood smear. Blasts are immature white blood cells that should not be found in the circulating blood. He mentioned this might be due to the Leukine injections in her stomach, which assist with the production of white blood cells to help maintain a level that can better fight infection. I previously wrote about Leukine here. Since the Leukine might be causing problems with blasts, he has stopped the Leukine injections. For us, this means we will need to continue to be fastidious about what she eats, who she sees and what she touches so she does not get sick.
This means not allowing just anyone to visit. Yesterday, one of her previous co-workers decided to stop by and despite all of her objections, brought a bag of overly-ripe bananas and home-made cold foods. Ain't nobody got time for that.