Pretty Good Day!

Well, I'm not sure how the day started, but by this evening, he was in a great mood - laughing and joking - just like the Joe we all know and love!   His counts continue to be steady with slight improvement in WBC:  1.4, HCT slightly up at 25.5, but platelets dropped to 8.  They did give him a platelet transfusion this afternoon.  He said that really helped and he was feeling much better.  Keeping up with meds, helped his nausea and other side effects.  He was having some significant shoulder pain and foot pain today, but some morphine seemed to keep that in check.  His weight continues to increase which means he's retaining a lot of fluid. You could start to see some swelling in his legs/feet/hands today.  They are not addressing this yet until they get some of the other side effects under control.    

Take a good look at the picture of his hair.  This will be the last time you see this hair on his head.  It's starting to fall out and aggravate him so its getting shaved tomorrow!  

Several of us converged on him this evening to celebrate Travis' birthday.  Dad was in a great mood and very happy to see us (and I'd say disappointed we didn't arrive with birthday cookie in hand).  

Keep the prayers coming!  He's definitely feeling them!