HELP us if you can!

Happy Sunday faithful followers!! First order of business…dad's bone marrow test from last week came back negative!!! This is amazing news!!! This means the chemo treatment will not be as aggressive since his body is still in remission from the leukemia!

Jenny and I made the trip to City of Hope today to visit with dad and mom. Overall, he looked pretty good, but told us he just feels utterly terrible. I was thrilled to see that he was breathing on his own, no extra oxygen needed, he's only on two antibiotics, and he was in his regular comfy clothes and not a hospital gown.

Compared to all the hospital visits here in Bako, he looked good, but you can just see the pain and discomfort he is in.  He battled a high fever all day…ice packs, cold wash clothes, cooler room air, tylenol, nothing seemed to touch it.  Getting a fever is a common occurrence for patients on chemo.  Also while we were there, he was given his 4th dose of the chemo drug, which means only 2 more doses to go for this round.  YAY!  His white blood count is already down to 1.1, and the doctors are shooting to get it as close to .01 as possible.  So, more than half way done with the chemo, then there will be at least a week of rest and troubleshooting any side effects from chemotherapy.  After that week, they expect his body to start producing new blood and then his numbers will begin to rise.

Since he is in the hospital again, and its soooooo far away from our amazing family and friends, I am shouting to the rooftops for your HELP! He needs encouragement.  My mom needs strength.  They are alone A LOT with no visitors and its very difficult on them both.  SO, please help him get his feet back on the ground….send a positive comment.  Send Jenny or I a video wishing him a speedy recovery. ANYTHING!! He loves it all!!


Won't you pleeeeeaaase, please, help them?!

Love you all,

Nicole and Jenny

P.S.- Dad adamantly believes Paul was the better Beatle, but I chose this song anyway.  I don't think he'll mind. Ha!

P.P.S.- Don't make us hunt you down for a comment on the blog or a short video from your phone!    :)