Jack had a high fever last night and throughout the day today but it did finally break and it is lower now. The doctor's said this is pretty normal for his condition. Jack was pretty lethargic today and did not feel as well as he had the last couple of days. He was actually resting when I went into see him tonight.
A clarification from yesterday is that Jack's form of cancer has actually been diagnosed as T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL). It represents 2% of all small lymphocytic leukemias (SLLs) that I wrote about yesterday. For more information on this particular form of the disease click here.
The doctor's have started him on a new type of antibiotic to make sure it can still continue to be effective, since your body can build a resistance to them. His platlets were pretty low today but his white blood cell count has continued to go down.
They have said based on recent tests they have determined that some of the cancer cells have made their way into and around Jack's lungs which may have been causing some of the pneumonia like symptoms. They are starting the cancer treatment (Campath) tonight in a small dose and they will do it two more times with two days between each injection. They are going to do some type of test to see if his body has any kind of reaction to the drug. The nurse also mentioned they were going to do another scope into his lungs to get sample of the fluid/tissue for testing.
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