九月的检查 / Sep's Check Up

妈妈从星期一开始又住院了，这次的主要任务是作全面检查，做帕米治疗，打胸腺肽以提高其免疫力。检查结果基本令人满意，医生说跟以前比起来基本上没什么变化，看起来基本已经趋于稳定了，由此说来，生存超过五年是有可能的。白血球仍然偏低，只有3900（正常为4000以上），血钙也偏低，为2.04（正常为2.15以上），两项与癌症相关的指标，一项从原来的48降低至38.5（正常为35以下），另一项有所增加，由原来的1100+增至1300+（正常为1000以下），其他肝，肾，脾等均正常。爸爸听后很受鼓舞，他激动地跟大家分享这一好消息，然而妈妈听了很不开心，毕竟她并不完全了解她的病情。

Mama has been hospitalized since this Monday. The main purpose was to have a complete check up and have another round of pamidronate disodium treatment, injection of thymosin α1 to improve her immune system. Now the results are out and basically encouraging. Her white blood cell level, 3900, was still a bit lower than required (normal value should be above 4000), her blood calcium level was 2.04 (normal should be above 2.15), one of her cancer index dropped from 48 to 38.5 (normal should be below 35), the other increased from 1100+ to 1300+. The rest like liver, kidney and spleen etc, were all normal. From her CT scan, doctors said it looked like her condition was already getting stabilized. "This result shows it’s quite possible that she may survive beyond 5 years" The chief said. Father was so much encouraged. He couldn’t help sharing the news with others. But mama was very unhappy. Anyway, she doesn't fully know about her conditions.