April 21, 2008

Hi - this is Karen writing for my mom. Dad had his first chemo last Thursday. He didn't have any nausea from it, but by Saturday he was feeling pretty weak. Sunday night he spiked a fever of 102 and had indications of internal bleeding so they went to the emergency room. His hemoglobin was 7 so they gave him two units of blood and admitted him to intensive care. This morning his hemoglobin was up to 9.9. His chest xray and urine were clear of infection so they think the temp might be caused by an infection of the catheter in his bile duct. He will probably be moved out of intensive care today. He is on 3 IV antibiotics to take care of the infection. We will keep you updated but please pray with us for strength and healing to get through this.

Karen