Dad went back to UCSF on Sunday after 2 weeks at home. While at home he was feeling quite awful for the majority of it, but started to feel much better near the end. He did get a blood clot a couple of days ago in his left arm below the spot where the PIC line was, but that's somewhat normal, and he's on blood thinners to break down the clot which is working, albeit slowly. It sounds like he's got a cold and has some chest congestion that he needs to get rid of, but that shouldn't be a problem either.
They did a bone marrow biopsy today and it came back looking pretty good. Still no cancer which is great, but they were hoping for an increase of something (Dad couldn't remember what it was called) and they didn't see that, but it's still fine. He seems to be having a bit of trouble with his liver, but that is also just a common side effect of all the chemo and that should be fine too.
His blood work didn't look very good at all, all the values were very low, and he somehow went neutropenic in the last two weeks. They are giving him another blood transfusion to bring some of his values up, and hopefully the rest will go up once his liver is functioning properly.
They won't be giving him any more chemo for a least a couple of days until he gets some of these issues resolved, so we're not sure how long he'll be in the hospital this time. The original plan was 3 weeks, but they might switch it up and do a short 5 day course instead. We should know more in a couple of days. The doctors aren't worried at all about the setbacks, they say it's to be expected with the type and amount of chemo that's he's been getting.
His cell phone isn't working very well in his room, so if he doesn't answer, just leave a message and once he takes a walk he can get reception and call you back.
I'll send another update in a couple of days when we know more!
Jen
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