Just when I told you there was a plan…
We were SCHEDULED to have the test dose of chemo last Tuesday, but we had a minor setback.
About 10 days ago, my Dad began to experience severe abdominal pains, which were only relieved by taking T3’s. The medical team had my Dad come into the hospital to access what was going on. The blood work showed that one of his liver levels, his ALT level, was elevated…a lot. As it was the long weekend, and the pain had ceased, they monitored him with daily blood work until the doctors came back from their camping trip (that’s a lie, I’m sure doctors don’t camp). On Tuesday the transplant doc decided to go ahead with the central line procedure, but ordered an ultrasound and a CT scan to further investigate the liver situ. Both the ultrasound and CT came back clear, but his ALT level was still elevated (it had came down a bit since the spike over the long weekend, but not near normal).
The transplant team made the executive decision to delay transplant until the ALT number had decreased to a level where they felt comfortable proceeding. We were instructed to go home, and return to the hospital every second day for blood work so they could follow my Dad’s levels.
Unlike Team Jer, Team Uncle Don is still following their regime, and the transplant team will be harvesting his stem cells on June 1st, which will then be frozen until my Dad is ready to accept them. Please keep Uncle Don in your thoughts tomorrow as we are all hoping for a smooth, easy and successful donation!
From now on, I promise, no more lies. That hurt me as much as it hurt you.
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