Monday.

Dad had a rough night, but how could it be otherwise if a man can't drink, breath, sleep, eat, or move around...to name a few things?

His bili has stayed the same today, could be a good sign, could just be.

They finally did the echo on his heart and it is back to how it was when he went in two weeks ago...that's good, not back to normal yet, but good. And since his heart is getting better the docs are wanting his body to do more of the healing rather than all their meds. I'm not sure what they've taken him off of, but they won't let him die yet!

They are still worried about the liquid in his lungs, but I don't think it's getting worse.
Plus he still has lots of liquid everywhere, and after having a nice drink of real water this morning, they stripped that from him again too. He's really, really frustrated about that, still. They did explain to Mom that it is a complicated process to get that much liquid off, so although they want him to drink some, he can't have too much. Plus his sodium levels are high right now (and dang those docs...they pumped him full of saline, did they really think his sodium levels weren't going to be high???), so they do have to do something.

His white blood cells are almost at the lowest they'll get...that's his germ fighting cells, so this is a critical time. If he gets any infection/illness, it literally could be fatal. They've had him on antibiotics, I think both for the fever and to prevent anything else. And I didn't confirm it, but it seems the fever has gone down--a low grade fever is normal for chemo patients.

They've removed the catheter to prevent infection that way. He's actually not too happy about it because that means he HAS to get up more, and it's painful and wears him out when he's already exhausted.

They are giving him more blood and platelets today, hoping that will help with some of the fatigue...but it'll only make a dent if anything, the guy has no blood left, and they come twice a day with jars to fill of what little he does have!

He's asked that there be no visits until he's ready. He's just too exhausted. Even we kids will only show up for a minute, if we go. Plus the risk of infection makes us all nervous.

This hits a different kind of critical waiting period. Because it's unusual for the liver to be involved, they have NO timeline for when it should start reacting, but logically it needs to be soon. It's also critical that the chemo got the cells it needed to, and that within a week to 10 days, Dad's body starts regenerating the good ones.
Scary days ahead.

If I haven't covered anything enough and you have questions, feel free to inquire.

And once again, thanks for all the thoughts and prayers, I know it is helping each one of us.