Nutriphils are up to 850!!!!!

Two days of nutriphils over 500 and Jim will be officially engrafted.  His stem cells will have taken hold. It is possible that they could go down below 500 tomorrow but pretty unlikely.  As it stands right now he is not nutripenic anymore.  Yahoo!!!!!!   His mouth is still incredibly dry because he's breathing out of his mouth.  So, the nurse suggested we try using an oxygen mask that covers both the mouth and nose and is hooked up to water to sort of steam the dryness.   We tried this before but he can only tolerate it for so long.  It's kind of a hard plastic that cuts a little.  I was concerned about how deeply he is breathing and asked for another chest x-ray yesterday.  The results came back fine.  They think that it's because his throat is probably swollen due to ther mucusitis.   His energy level is pretty low which as you can imagine is quite normal in this kind of situation.   He passed on physical therapy yesterday.  I hope he'll muster the energy to do it today.  We've got to keep the momentum going.    You know, keep the ball rolling.  I thought the diarea was starting to subside but I was wrong.  It is still quite a nuisance.  Overall, Jim is doing quite well considering.  He may be pretty miserable but he has a good attitude.    Another beautiful Spring day here in Seattle.  Wish we were out enjoying it instead of looking out our window.  Only 4 or 5 days to go and we'll be looking back at this relieved that it is all over.   Now, we need to pray that the cancer doesn't come back.  I can't imagine going through this all over again.  Remain positive!!!!!!!!!!