Thursday, October 30, 2014

Lot's to share......

Since we last posted quite a bit has happened. Dan had a fall -- he tripped he said he didn't pick his feet up but as I had last posted he is very weak. This was on last Saturday.. he banged himself up pretty good. Then Sunday evening late he was on his way to brush his teeth and he made it to the door of the bathroom but got extremely dizzy and he grabbed the door facing and slid down to the
floor. We addressed this with the doc on Monday and as it turned out his potassium level was extremely low and they also think he was a little dehydrated so they have him on extra fluids and he is somewhat better.

His blood sugar still will not go down so he is now on 4 shots a day. Fortunately he is handling all of
this real well.

Now after getting the not so good news out of the way. Here is the good.......

The doc gave us the results of the Bone Marrow biopsy and it was great!!  There is no evidence of any cancer cells and he has engrafted 99% or more of his donor cells-- so they are saying the engraftment is successful!! We thank the Lord for this news!

We still have lots of hurdles to get over but knowing this information will definitely help us know we
are moving in the right direction.  We have known this for a day-- but odd as it might be it was hard to post and make this known... almost like it might take it away. Sounds odd I know but after all Dan has been through we just have to step back and breathe.

The journey is has still just begun with his "New Normal Life" and we want to thank God for everyday we have.

Much love to all of you!!

3 comments:

  1. Way to go Dan!!! That Angel by your side, otherwise known as Rhonda, and you especially, have been thru HELL. But the way gets better from here my friend. Now let's start planning a return visit to Mexico!

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  2. Ditto. So glad to hear the good news. I have not checked the blog in a while. Over time his blood sugar will level out and no more shots. Keep the faith. Love you!

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  3. Awesome news! So happy for you both!

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