Ron and I are both hoping that our weekly trips to Ann Arbor are pay-aheads for weeks at home when spring and summer arrive. Hampton Inn North has become our regular home away from home when we return for clinic visits. We continue to learn about insulin and have not yet found a regular pattern to the dosages that Ron needs when I check his glucose level four times a day. It doesn't always make sense with what his diet has been. The doc upped the evening dose of his long-acting insulin, and he doesn't always need more units at the checkpoints throughout the day.
The other med change was halving his blood thinner med, lovenox. His platelets are running lower again, and he has been on this med 3 months. Ron continues to gain back weight, nearing 160 pounds fully dressed at the clinic. His bloodwork this week showed that his immunity is low, so he will have another IVIG infusion next week to help prevent another infection by giving his immunity a boost. This is the infusion that takes about six hours and is a gift of antibodies from a thousand donors.
I am up late! The wind woke me up but no snow yet...it is on its way. I always see so many things that need to be done when we get home. We are going to celebrate Ron's mother's birthday on Sunday. She will be 92 Monday.
Hoping for a snow day for our Ohio teacher friends and family!
Love to all,
Ron & Jan
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