John had another busy day with visitors. Dave and Dom from Harvey came this afternoon. Patrick and Jimmy, his younger brothers, came shortly after that. He was waiting for Geno, Donald, Gipper and possibly Billy to come visit a little later.
He has been very tired, been having diarrhea and is losing his appetite very quickly. His counts are dropping; he needed magnesium this morning but no need for blood or platelet transfusions yet. The doctor is pleased with how things are progressing thus far. They are doing further testing on his bone marrow biopsy that won't be in for another 2 wks; but they do believe it was in the marrow. It really doesn't matter anymore if it was in the marrow - the treatment would not have changed. As far as the lumbar punctures go, since he has not had any complaints or symptoms to lead them to believe that it would be in the spinal fluid, they will not put him through that as of now. He might have 1 done in a few wks but it is not important at this time. The Idarubicin is done. That is the chemo he had for 3 days. The the cytaribine will be completed Thursday night.
Things are moving along well it seems as though he is feeling the effects a lot sooner than in the past; we aren't sure if that is a good or bad thing yet. His counts will continue to drop this week, decreased energy, increased fatigue and increased nausea and diarrhea this week. This will be the last post for a couple days unless something comes up. Please keep him in your prayers.
If there is anything that comes up during the week I will let you know.
He has been very tired, been having diarrhea and is losing his appetite very quickly. His counts are dropping; he needed magnesium this morning but no need for blood or platelet transfusions yet. The doctor is pleased with how things are progressing thus far. They are doing further testing on his bone marrow biopsy that won't be in for another 2 wks; but they do believe it was in the marrow. It really doesn't matter anymore if it was in the marrow - the treatment would not have changed. As far as the lumbar punctures go, since he has not had any complaints or symptoms to lead them to believe that it would be in the spinal fluid, they will not put him through that as of now. He might have 1 done in a few wks but it is not important at this time. The Idarubicin is done. That is the chemo he had for 3 days. The the cytaribine will be completed Thursday night.
Things are moving along well it seems as though he is feeling the effects a lot sooner than in the past; we aren't sure if that is a good or bad thing yet. His counts will continue to drop this week, decreased energy, increased fatigue and increased nausea and diarrhea this week. This will be the last post for a couple days unless something comes up. Please keep him in your prayers.
If there is anything that comes up during the week I will let you know.
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Hi John and Jess,
I am certainly shocked by this recent news. I guess we will have to put that knee rehab on ice for awhile. Myself and my family are keeping you both in our prayers, as we have a lot of work ahead to beat this thing again!
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