Update

Well, it happened again - nearly 2 weeks since an update :( Bad daughters!

The past week and a half has been hard for dad.  He is still running on a very low hemoglobin, in addition to feeling tired and exhausted in general anyway.  Dad is achy, has some pain, and is experiencing a few other dragging side effects.  When he was first discharged from City of Hope (COH), he had a hiccup with his PICC line in terms of having the dressing changed and cleaned (necessary once a week).   He has seen Dr. Nguyen since being discharged from COH, which was nice.  He is dad's local oncologist and will remain involved in his treatment plan.

According to the schedule, he is supposed to return to COH on September 22nd to begin the third round of inpatient chemotherapy, however there will probably be a visit prior to that to determine whether his body is ready.  The fine balance here is getting dad's body back to the healthiest, most stable condition as possible without allowing more than 5-6 weeks to go by before starting another round, as it is dangerous if the cancer comes back prior to the completion of all post induction rounds of chemotherapy.

Dad is trying his best to get up, get out, and live normal life while he is "off" during this rest period.  He is currently at the beach, and will stay for a few days.  It's also birthday season amongst his kids/grandkids, in fact both Nicole's, mine, and all four of the grand kids have birthdays over the next couple months. Brooklynn kicked the season off with her birthday yesterday, which made me want to pull out a sweet picture of dad and Brooklynn from the day of her birth 6 years ago.  He is an AWESOME Papa!!

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