Dad is doing so much better with his food intake. He put down a pancake and a little sausage this morning, plus most of a creme roll. They have taken down his nutritional supplement on his IV. In fact this morning they disconnected him completely from his IV pole for a couple hours. He has something coming via IV this afternoon, so they'd have to hook him back up for a while.
He looks great, really!
His numbers went up some overnight. His white blood cells are at .7, up from .6 and his ANCs are at 490, up from the 200s. He just discontinued taking the steroid that helped boost some of his numbers (see yesterday's blog).
Kylie came up to visit with Sherry before I left and that did my Dad's heart a lot of good. Seeing the kids is medicine in itself. He misses them. She is so cute!
We are starting to contemplate his coming home, cautiously. It's hard to plan without the biopsy results and his numbers a little higher. That being said, Dad is thinking about how to keep the air in the house a little cleaner and Mom is prepping for his needs in the shower and restroom.
It's been several days since Dad needed blood products and platelets which is encouraging too. Everyting points to good things, so keep praying, keep the positive thoughts coming and most of all thank you for being here for us.
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