Dad was pretty run down today and slept mostly, Mom said. The combination of chemo and the crazy hours they make you keep in the hospital had him tuckered out.
When I got there today at 5:00, he was the perkiest he'd been all day. Tonight is the "hump night" for chemo - dose 3 out of 5, so that's a good milestone to recognize!
Dad's numbers were showing declining white cells today down from 30 yesterday to 10 today - quite a jump. There is still some speculation that his WBCs jumped so high because of the steroids he was on for his gout, but until we get the biopsy results we won't really know how much of the leukemia had come back before the chemo was started. I know I'm wanting to know the blast number from that biopsy - but so far, no numbers. Probably has a lot to do with the weekend.
Dad's appetite took a dive today, so that is a bummer, but not unexpected. Before I left, he ate a ding dong and some cheesecake. Hey! If you need calories, and he needs them, why not live it up! : )
See you later!
Tomorrow William is getting tubes put in and his adenoids out, so I won't be visiting Dad until Tuesday.
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