The Best Laid Plans...

Well...this week was supposed to be a little easier. After having to come to the hospital for four days worth of chemo each of the last two weeks, the protocol called for Jack to only need to come in once this week.

When Jack came in for his chemo on Tuesday, they checked his blood, and found out that his platelets and hemoglobin were extremely low. So the plan was for him to come in again on Wednesday to get a transfusion. Unfortunately, when he came in, he was neither feeling good nor looking good. That, combined with the fact that his ANC was very low (meaning his immune system was especially compromised) led the doctors to admit him to the hospital.

Please pray that...

• he would respond well to the care he is receiving and get home from the hospital quickly
• while he is in, they can get to the bottom of what’s causing his ongoing headaches, and do something to fix that.
• (most importantly) as he finishes up the consolidation phase of chemo next week, his minimal residual disease would be low enough to allow him to remain in the “intermediate risk” category as he continues treatment.