Sometimes no news is good news......and this is one of those days. Ed had a pretty quiet night last night and spent a good part of today resting and sleeping. His counts have dropped a bit more since yesterday and he's feeling pretty lethargic and sleepy with some mild nausea startng late this afternoon. (Sorry, didn't intend that to sound like a weather report, but I guess it does - kind of like "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.) He had one mild episode of vomiting this afternoon but when I talked to him a few minutes ago he was feeling better and planning his daily rendevous with Bill O'Reilly. That seems to be a good barometer of how he's doing --- if he misses "The Factor", you know he's having a hard time. I've been working at the office all day (month end) but will leave to go back to UCLA when the 4th of July "get-outta-town" traffic eases up later this evening.
Ed did have the last bag of stem cells infused today, without the fanfare of cake and singing, but stem cells none the less. So he is officially finished with his cancer treatments. It has been a tough journey for him for sure and I hope the coming months are easier now that he won't have chemotherapy with which to content. Now we just wait.....and wait......and wait, which is also hard for Ed, but he's really working on his zen-master self. I gave him some yoga class gift certificates late last year, and soon he might actually look forward to using them!
I'll be back tomorrow to let you know how he's doing. Meanwhile, enjoy the holiday weekend, have a cold beer for Ed, and most of all, be safe!
Liz
Hi Ed, glad the though stuff is over! Now you can work on getting healthy and staying that way. Have a chocolate donut for me, and I will have a silver bullet for you.
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Leave to go back to UCLA when the 4th of July "get-outta-town" traffic eases up later this evening.
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