Day 77-the transfusion

As Sam mentioned briefly he is in the hospital.  He started having pressure in his head, pain in his head, vision problems, and the always present high pulse on Thursday.  It worsened as time went on so on Friday we went to have his blood drawn to see where his counts were.  The suspicion was that he needed a blood  transfusion.  We unfortunately did not get the results back on Friday as expected and so when Saturday rolled around he was suffering.  We ended up at the emergency room that has provided his weekend hydration and they were quick to find out that Sam's blood counts were dangerously low.  I think they were surprised that he walked into the ER on his own two feet.  They quickly make arrangements for Sam to be admitted to the hospital where he had chemo and was transported by ambulance and admitted.
As of tonight, Sunday night, he has had 4 units of blood transfused and has had numerous bags of fluid and antibiotics for a blood infection which started before the transfusion when his counts were depleted.  He has regained color in his face but is still fighting fever (from the blood infection) and bouts of nausea.  We will know more in the morning but know that his blood counts need to reach a certain level and he has to break this fever for good before being discharged.  We have no idea how long it will take to accomplish this but hope it's sooner rather than later.
We were sad to miss Greg's celebration of life yesterday but we were there in spirit.
Thank you again for the support.  As you can imagine Sam is eager to put this chapter behind him.  We appreciate everyone's help and know that words will never effectively communicate what it means to us to have this incredible support system.
We will post more as we know it ...

Jennifer