Well we're still here, Zed has'nt escaped yet, though he has threatened to. Not much new to report except that everything they said about this week was true. He has definitely hit bottom.
His blood counts are in the "basement" and so therefore his side effects are showing up. He has had nausea, not too much vomiting though, diarrhea, VERY sore throat, hair falling out in handfuls, persistent nose bleeds and just feeling very tired and "yucky".
They do tell us that this is all expected and not to worry, so that brings peace of mind, but still hard to watch and thankfully he is able to sleep alot. They put him on a pain pump today so that hopefully he can even out the pain control and not have peaks and valleys. His throat hurts so much that he can hardly eat or drink. In fact it looks like he is trying to swallow a brick by the look on his face. His appetite is practically non-existent so getting him to try to eat or drink is hard to do.
He is starting to feel slightly better, Wednesday was probably his worst day yet, although he didn't have a very good night Thursday either. They are giving him blood again today, and have given him platelets a few times also.
According to what they are telling us, possiby Monday his counts will start to rise again, therefore making him feel much better. So we are slowly getting there, but probably won't leave the hospital until middle or end of next week.
I am not posting any pictures this time, you wouldn't want to see them. (I'm just saying)
*Note to my children-don't freak out by that statement, he's just not looking real great right now, but doing ok!
So as always, thanks for all your prayers and phone calls of concern! We love you and are hoping against hope that we might be home for Thanksgiving.
Love to all,
Zed and Lannis
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