My husband's wbc came up in about 2 days.

Check into getting a portable suction machine from a health supply agency like Apria. Most insurance companies will cover it. And if not, it's well worth the money to be able to suction out that awful mucous. My husband had the machine for about 4 months. It's like the machine a dentist has.

Caregiver to husband David, non smoker. Dx 1/06 SCC Base of Tongue Stage IV, neck nodes involved. Surgery/Chemo/Rad. Treatment finished 5/06. Waiting. Recurrence in lung, Aug07. 6 months Cisplatin/Erbitux. Spots shrinking after 3 Cisplatin tx.