Day 20

Not much new to report. Just hanging in there.

The counts are bouncing around a little. The white count got a little low yesterday, so they gave me a Neupogen shot. This morning the white count shot way up. I'm not used to such a big jump from just one shot, but this is new healthy bone marrow. Platelet count has been very good. The APN (advanced practice nurse) told me that the platelets were a more reliable indicator at this point. So that is good news.

The magnesium is bothering my stomach. I thought it was the residual effect of the chemo that was continuing to bother me, but now it's pretty obvious that it's the magnesium. The effect is a sour, almost nauseating, stomach. They will be putting me on the pill form next week which is even worse. So we have to find some antidote to this stuff.

No signs of GvHD or other problems.

Switching gears, that was good news about Tech firing Gailey. If the AD is serious about giving John Tenuta (defensive coordinator) a shot at becoming the head coach then we won't have a decision on a new coach until after the first of the year. Tenuta will be the interim head coach for the bowl game which will likely be the Humanitarian Bowl (oh boy, what excitement) in Boise on December 31. A couple of other would be candidates are coordinators on major bowl bound teams which play their games the first week of January. So that leads me to believe that no decision will be made before January.

My oldest daughter is going to MBA school at Tech and has a class with one of the football players. She quizzed him a little about the coaching situation. Apparently some players are not sad at all to see Gailey go. That would account for a few things and games.