Friday, March 27, 2009

Hanging in there....

We spent the day Wednesday at Dana Farber. Ricky has had a terrible cold since Saturday and he is just now (Friday) starting to return to his old self. He's home today after sleeping 12 hours.

His exam was stable, and good news for us, his platelets were up to 105K, his WBC and ANC were all much better. He weighted 69.9 lbs, a new record, and he grew a little too. So as far as being in good shape for the new treatment, he is in a good spot.

We did the Avastin by IV and went home with the five new chemo meds. He seems to be doing okay with them, but it's only been two nights.

In general, he looks and acts much better than he has in the last couple of weeks or so. His speech is better, he is more responsive and less irritable. He had three big tacos for dinner last night and two more for "evil" breakfast this morning.

Thanks to all for the kind words and prayers.

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