Monday, June 28, 2010

Fever, and Chills, and Hives, oh my

Jerry hates campath, the drug that gave him fever and chills and hives. We learned all these symptoms are fairly common with the chemo regime he is on. He is spending another day at the hospital (rather than the clinic). But he was fever free when we left him, and apparently tonight--after a breathing treatment and chest xrays--he walked across the hall to the exercise room and sent us a photo with some light weights. If we can figure out how to post photos, we will. No surprise, he remains relentless; dad would have been proud.

Also no surprise, Jerry is a favorite of the hospital staff. One nurse even personally made him a milk shake. Tomorrow, Anthony gets his last shot for stem cell generation and then undergoes the 6-hour process of harvesting the stem cells, which will be transplanted to Jerry on Wednesday. Thanks for all your messages. When he's awake, Jerry reads them or we tell him about them. He continually says how lucky he is to have such a support network.

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  1. Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well
    -- Shakespeare, King John

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