Tonight the fifth dose of chemo will run through my Dad. His kidneys are holding their own and his blood work looks pretty similar to a few weeks ago. His white blood cells are down to .2 still and he's getting blood and platlets every couple days to boost his redblood cells. Yesterday evening, he did get blood transfused, but no platelets. The last dose of platelets he got a couple days ago boosted him from a 7 up to a 27 - which is awesome. We want to track that donor down, thank them, and then ask for more!
I brought Dad a Steak N Shake child size shake this morning for breakfast and he did really well with it. He had already sucked down a V-8 before I got there around 9:20am. He is experiencing some eye pain over the right eye. He says it feels like a sinus headache. They are giving tylenol to help with that, but no one has said if that's a side effect or if we should be concerned.
One of the doctors on rotation today stopped in (Dr. Boyer). He just introduced himself and said he was meeting with the rest of the crew at 10:00am and they would come by later with any changes they determined should be made with his case.
After tonight's dose of chemo, we wait. The next three weeks will be long and arduous while we see if any side effects develop from this round and wait for Dad's immune system to rebuild. At the end of that three weeks, he'll have another bone marrow test - that will tell us what happens next. Until then, one day at a time! Welcome to March- I'm hoping it is much better than February!
Keep visiting, keep mailing cards, and email him too - I am bringing up the laptop so he can check emails - My Mom is also checking them at home.
No comments:
Post a Comment