Not Much to Update On

There's not much to update on. Rassie's white count went up a little from 17k to 30k.   Could be they went to low on his hydroxyurea or could be that his bone marrow just let off extra that day.  He has an oncology appointment rescheduled for November 2nd.  If he is still in the hospital they will arrange for him to be taken to the appointment.

As for his back injury. There's not much of an update. He's in the rehab unit. He does 1.5 hours of physcial rehab and 1.5 hours of occupational rehab a day. Sometimes it is group therapy and they talk about things.  They are still playing around with his pain meds to see what works best for him.  They rearranged the meds today and Rassie seems to think they are working a little better.  It still hurts him alot to try to move his right leg (at the hip joint) .  He said it is becoming easier to move the left leg, less painful. Rassie also thinks the pins and needles in his left foot seems to be getting better.  He hasn't really noticed any improvement in the entire right legt. (The right leg is the one that's all pins and needles, not just the foot).   They are still thinking a total of 2 weeks in the rehab unit before they send him home.  They want to make sure his pain is under control and he is as capable as possible of taking care of himself and being independent. 

That's about all for now.  I'll update you when I have more news.