Bone Marrow Biopsy

Today (Wednesday), my dad will have the bone marrow biopsy done. They will put him completely out so he will not feel the pain of it. It should be done by morning time and be able to leave after that. Mom and dad will probably stay in a hotel or the hospital hotel for the night since he will need to be there early Thursday morning for surgery to have the hick-man catheter put in.

His weight went up today 3 pounds and because he is keeping down some of his foods, they decided to not admit him today. They want him to get one more nights rest at home and then come down Wednesday morning. They want to do a different kind of chemo now this round and should begin that this week sometime. They will also start preparing for whatever the bone marrow biopsy results show.

Dad was hoping to use his golfing gift cards this week to enjoy some golf before being put back into the hospital, but with not feeling well and vomiting so much, he ended up not feeling up to it. He did want to go see a movie with my mom though. They went and saw the movie "Courageous" and laughed and cried together the entire time. They were laughing and joking that my dad bought out the entire movie theatre to take my mom out, but he really hadn't. They went to a matinee and had the place to themselves. That worked out so nicely; they probably would've scared so many people with their masks on :)

Please pray for my dad and mom as they have some hard days ahead. Dad will be put under for both procedures this week, so that's good. Pray that they keep their spirits up and continue to have strength to keep fighting this battle.

Thanks for your love and support