We have not been very active the last days since my previous blog. Nico had ups and downs. One day he was feeling energetic, and he did go to the gym to get some exercise.
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Next day he was very tired and had to rest.
On Saturday he started his course of Antibiotics and Antifungals and also daily Neupogen shots. Antibiotics and Antifungals are to protect him from infections in the coming week. We were told that his immune defense will be somewhat compromised beginning Monday (7 days after mobilization chemo) and to stay away from crowds, don't eat from buffets and carefully wash fruits and vegetables. He will be neutropenic for approximately 3 days.
The purpose of Neupogen is to stimulate his stem cells to grow and to find their way from the bone marrow to his peripheral blood for a successful harvest. This will take 6 days of 2 injections every morning at 7am. He is scheduled for Thursday, August 14 to get his stem cells collected.
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Side effects of Neupogen may include: flu-like symptoms and bone pain. He could also develop a fever. He has to check his temperature twice a day. So far, (knock on wood!) he had neither one. But he is sleeping a lot. I take that as a good sign - his body is producing lots of stem cells!
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