Saturday, October 30, 2010

Dad went to UCSF on Thursday, but was released today due to extremely low blood counts. When he arrived, his numbers were so low that they needed to give him 4 units of blood, a bag of platelets, and 2 shots of Neupagen. They said that they were quite surprised that he could even walk and talk with the lack of red and white blood cells in his body.

Becky went and picked him up today, and she said he looks a lot better (that would be the 4 units of blood!!!). He should be going to Feather River to see Dr. Maj twice a week for blood tests to ensure that his counts are improving. They estimate he'll be at home for another week or two before he can return to UCSF strong enough for another round of chemo.

Due to the info on his blood counts, I have once again revoked his driving privileges. He wasn't too happy about that, but I just want to see what his blood tests look like before he starts endangering himself and others on the road! I'm sure he'll be fine, but he needs to take it easy and try to get his body to start fighting back before he uses his energy and brain power for anything else.