Home yesterday!

Saturday ultimately went so well that they had no problem releasing me on a Sunday. The last 24 hours has been a series of little reminders of how good it is to have my own soap, my own shower, my own bed, a decent diet (chicken-fried steak/country gravy on bread!), no attached wires, etc. – and of course my own family right there without them having to drive 30 minutes each way.

We return to the Mayo MWF for lab tests and confirmation that Nancy’s checking for fever and any abnormal (compared to my usual) behaviors or thought patterns at least twice/day. Today’s labs were quite remarkable. Despite all the bloodletting my Hgb is slightly recovered, renal function is better than we’ve seen in years (so much improved I suspect lab error), and the chemical evidence is plain that there’s a war being waged (and won) somewhere in my body even if I can’t feel it happening. Which is pretty much our ideal result though the progress is ahead of schedule. We won’t do an actual formal restaging evaluation of the myeloma until the end of the month. The whole team is elated.