Thursday Neal and I went to the University of Chicago so Neal could receive retuxin and vancrystine. By the time he gets the pre-meds, the whole process takes about 5 hours. Dr Kline stopped by to check in on Neal and asked him to call him in about a week to see how the tumor is responding before we determine the next treatment. In the meantime he will go to the local oncologist on Monday and Thursdays to have his bloodwork checked. Neal is lacking in energy and has not been feeling the greatest. He’s been mostly laying on the couch.
Early Friday morning Neal’s dad had a seizure in his sleep. When we got to the hospital he had a bunch of tests. The hospital kept him until today to finish up tests and get results which were all negative. The doctors and nurses were all amazed that this 88 year old man was on no medications! The down side is that Dale won’t be able to drive for 6 months but he has lots of family and friends to help out.
Friday night about 10:30 Neal ran a fever of 101.4. Anything over 100.4 for him requires a visit to the hospital. I quickly got him some Tylenol, started packing his suitcase and put on a pot of coffee. After having 4 hours of sleep the night before I knew I needed some cafeine! No more than 15 minutes after the first reading his fever went down to 99. I think it was a miracle from God! So I got ready for bed and had a good night’s sleep:) So far he hasn’t spiked another fever. Praise God!
Karsten came home for his J-term break Friday morning. The month of Janurary he took a Biblical history class. For the last 13 days of the class they went to Turkey to visit some historical sights in the Bible. He had a great time and the Bible came alive.
I am hoping for a quiet day tomorrow!
On the journey,
Trish