Thursday, May 31, 2012

Diagnosis: Leukemia; May 30, 1988

I woke up at nine o’clock, Alex seems pretty cranky today. Not enough sleep I suppose. Alex had breakfast but he only ate about a quarter of it. After breakfast I got him a blanket and he watched TV.

I had a shower and got dressed. Actually I cleaned the bathrooms first.

After lunch we went to see Dr. W, he said Alex didn’t have the mumps that mumps would have gone by now. Dr. W said Alex didn’t have anything wrong with his glands from Chemotherapy. The doctor said it looked like Alex had eaten a few extra groceries. He told me that a mump test could take up to six weeks to do.

I told Dr. W we lived near a power tower and had he seen the study that had been done on it. Dr. W said he hadn’t seen it.

When we got home I got to thinking about what he had said. It seems to me that he really didn’t know why Alex’s jaw line was swollen. Alex also has a rash were it is swollen on the right side.

Alex watched tv while I did some work around the house.

Charlie came home at four o’clock. When Charlie came into our bedroom where Alex was watching tv, Alex said to Charlie “Get out of here!” Which made Charlie mad and he said to Alex what’s the matter with you. I told Charlie Alex wasn’t feeling good and it was better to leave him alone. Charlie said I didn’t do anything and Alex screamed at me. I said I know but there’s still no point in talking to him.

I phoned Shirley to wish her Happy Birthday at work earlier but the line was busy.

We ate dinner at five thirty. After dinner Alex and I played video games. Then we went outside and did some gardening. Charlie cut the grass and I put the top soil around the trees. We moved one of the Maple trees by the stairs to the right side of the yard.

We came inside and Alex went to bed at nine o’clock.

I wrote in the journal and went to bed at eleven o’clock.

No tests

Medicine

Bactrim 9:20 a.m. ------- 5:30 a.m.
Mercaptopurine ------ ------ 5:30 a.m.
Methotrexiate ------- 4:30 p.m. ------

Temperature 36.13C 9:20 a.m. 36.07C 5:30 p.m.

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