Well the stay at home was not as long as they had hoped for, but was a nice few days of being the comfort of their own home. My mom said dad seemed a little tired today and like something was wrong. He has had a good few days of no vomiting and getting the "plumbing" working. He has been walking every day with my mom just like he has since the beginning and before. This evening (Thursday), my mom took dad's temperature and it was up to 102. When they called COH, they told my parents to get there right away. My dad was admitted right away. While I was on the phone with my mom, I heard the alarms going off at my dad's bedside. She hung up with me and called me back a couple hours later (around 2 am). They had found that my dad's white blood count, which should be between 5-11, was a 0.3; his hemoglobin levels, which should be around 12, were at 7.5. They immediately decided to do a blood transfusion. Our questions were how could these be so low after getting daily injections to higher them; the doctor said that he was only getting small amounts to not shock his body.
As soon as the nurses began moving my dad to his set room, he began getting cold sweats and shaking tremendously. My mom got him cozy in pj's and comfy blankets. The shaking stopped and they were able to get him comfortable with a wet rag on his head.
Please pray for my dad as his stay will be a lot longer at COH this time and as they get his levels back to normal. Thank you for praying.
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