Vlad was more than ready to leave this morning. He got released around 9:30 a.m. after Conlon saw him briefly. Vlad's blood numbers are falling more rapidly than before, but are still in normal range for his situation. His WBC was 1.7 this morning. Hemoglobin was below 9 and Vlad said his platelets were very good. I don't have an exact number.
I was able to work uninterrupted from about 10:45 until about 3:45 -- a minor miracle -- when he started screaming for towels downstairs. It appears he got home from chemo just in time for all three toilets in the house to break. Simultaneously. To think we were joking about whether he should bring home his hospital pee jug. Murphy's law: he didn't.
I should note, the same Keystone Kops routine occurred Sunday that happened last time. Vlad had to start screaming for the nurses to give him his chemo. As it turned out, they were following orders. Conlon forgot to change the orders, or at least to make them more precise. It was difficult, but Rachael, my personal R.N. heroine, got to the bottom of it and he got his chemo on time.
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