Today dad started his chemo treatment and a 30 minute visit ran into 4 hours. Although his enlarged spleen has lowered his platelet count below the recommended levels for starting treatment, the oncologist proceeded and we all are glad to get the ball rolling. The sooner he starts the sooner thing have a chance to improve. He has had no initial side effects but his treatment consists of a weekly infused and daily oral treatment. The later he is taking now and hopefully the side effects will be minimal.
The current status on his spleen is a wait and see approach but removing it is on the table.
This is also ground zero for the new blog which we hope makes it easy for everyone to stay up to date on how dad is doing and to post their own messages of love and encouragement.
Jack III
