Day 11 a better outlook

Some good news--Stan's doctors were in this am and his white blood cell count is in the NORMAL RANGE!!! other counts are coming along,slowly,but surely. On Monday,(if we can resolve a couple of issues that I will explain soon)Stan will begin "transitioning" from IV meds to medicines by mouth in anticipation of being discharged from the hospital sometime next week. He did have some problems this morning with shortness of breath--the doctors jumped on it--did an EKG and chest xray--both looked good--the problem seems to be that Stan is retaining too much fluid and that is causing the breathing problems. He is on lasix here (IV) ,but we need to resolve this before he can be discharged. Another good development--he is off the oxygen--his count is 94-96 on his own. Also, he did not need any insulin this morning--another good thing.
So, we are hopeful today. Stan (of course) is looking forward to getting out of the hospital (although we will becoming in to the APC (ambulatory patient clinic) everyday for at least 2 weeks),but we are moving in the right direction.
On a different note--I know some people have been complaining about the oppressive het at home--today,in Houston--it was 87 at 8am and is expected to reach 96 by afternoon--the humidity is also 90%--so with the heat index--it feels like 104! Sooooo---I am giving you all permission to remind me of this when I am get home and am complaining of the cold in December!