Monday, February 21, 2011

Talked to Dad today. He said they've been giving him the new chemo drug to try to break up and kill the last of the clusters of chemo cells. He thinks he'll be home around March 4th, depending on how his blood levels bounce back. He's already on neupagen which should help bring the white cells up.

He said he's been eating a bit better, but his weight is not really an indicator of that right now since they've been pumping him full of fluids to help flush out the toxic chemo drugs they've been giving him. He was down to 179 which is a total of a 90 lb. weight loss. Did I post that already? I can't remember if I just told people, or typed it. Hmmm.....?

Anyway, once his numbers come back up he'll get a lumbar puncture before he heads home for a week or two. He's really looking forward to getting the heck out of there for awhile!!!

I told him he has another granddaughter today - Chris and Suzanne had their second baby girl, and third child this morning, weighing in at a whopping 9 lbs. 10 oz.! Dad was very happy to hear all went well and she's healthy.