Ups and Downs

Some positives have come during the last two days. One of those is the 14 pounds of swelling (that's what the doctors weighed it out to be) is now completely gone, and they are believing that the blood clot in the neck is gone. They will run tests to confirm that. Another positive is that the hemoglobin and platelet levels are up and normal. The negatives are these: the white blood cells are still low but should begin rising shortly. Also, my mom had noticed dad looking a little yellow. After doctors agreeing with my mom (I love her intuition and observations- that how they first found out dad had cancer); they found out that dad's enzymes in his liver were abnormal. They ran an ultrasound on the liver. More news to follow tomorrow on the liver.

It was so nice today getting to talk to my dad on the phone. His voice is sounding so much better and he was actually able to talk. It was sooooo nice to have a decent conversation; we got to talk about so much it felt like. He was probably sore in his throat afterward; but I'm so thankful for his selflessness..... it melts my heart talking to my daddy. I held it together the whole conversation and it just felt like our normal talks back in the day. But when he said "you're such a wonderful daughter," I lost it. Ohhhh.. I love him!

Please pray this week that dad's white blood cell levels will come up, so that he can get out of the "dungeon" as dad calls it. He has not been allowed to leave his room in the two weeks that he's been there. Please also pray for the new issue with the liver. And please continue for this cancer to be shrinking or better yet, gone.

Thank you