Day 18 of treatment!

July 17, 2012
Good evening!  So Gary is on day 18 of treatment.  He has been struggling with low blood counts.  He started Procrit yesterday, 40,000 units once a week.
Gary has to do labs twice a week, Monday and Thursday.  We also meet with NP on Wednesdays during the High Risk clinic.  We also meet with his PCP once a month and the Endocrinologist once a month . . .  PHEW!!!! lol




Labs from last Thursday.

WBC 1.4
RBC 2.83
Hemoglobin 9.0
Hematocrit 28.6
MVC 101
Platelet 78
Sodium 136
Potassium 5.3
Creatinine 1.7
GFR 42                                                                              
Albumin 3.1
Bili 1.4
Alk Phos 132
ALT 23
AST 31
Prograf 7.6
INR 1.1
Prothrombin Time 14.2


Ribavirin 1200 mg/day
Incivek 6 big purples a day
Peg-Interferon 180 injection once a week
Procrit 40,000 units once a week


So from what I know from previous treatment, this labs are pretty low, his Prograf level is being managed very well.  The start of Incivek turned out not to be so scary.  They cut back on his dose of 1 mg twice a day to 1 mg twice a week, then after second dose in a week, cut it back to just 1 mg once a week.  So far, his levels have been ok.  He has had toxic levels of Prograf in the past, and it is VERY scary!!  So for me, this was one of the scariest parts of this treatment.


PEACE~HOPE~LOVE
Allison and Gary