4th Bone Marrow Biopsy

Doug had his bone marrow biopsy done Sept. 9th, at PSL in Denver. It was done by one of the myeloma specialist's nurse practitioners, Jill. She does a lot of these procedures and is very good. Doug got the Versed and Fentanyl sedation, so what pain he experienced, he doesn't remember. Jill injected quite a lot of local anesthetic deep into the tissue too, so Doug didn't have any pain until the suction of pulling the samples from the bone marrow. She had to use the right hip since the left side has had a lot of radiation. The radiation damages the marrow, making it useless for a biopsy.

The whole procedure took only ten minutes in itself. Of course there was a lot of waiting time and the usual paperwork. Afterward we only had to wait 30 minutes to make sure his blood pressure was stable before we got to leave for home.

I drove home with no problems other than the "normal" downtown Denver traffic, which is not normal for me. I had prayed for a safe trip home and God granted that. I also frequently get sleepy while driving a straight flat stretch of highway, but I did fine driving through South Park.

Praise God for a successful procedure and safe trip home.

We got the results from Doug's PET scan yesterday via email. Lots of old bone lesions but no new ones except for one rib fracture which is healing. Several old fractures showed up, mostly in ribs but one in a pelvic bone. Overall the doc said nothing to worry about. Yea!

Our next medical appointment is this Friday, for the consult with the nephrologist. This will be an easy trip since she is in Fairplay, only 40 minutes from home.

Love to all.