Monday Evening

Jack is doing fairly well tonight. He is more alert again. He actually wrote a note to the nurse that said he was "too hot" so they took his blankets down. His white blood cell count is down below 300 for the first time since he was admitted. They think that this is mostly residual effects from the original steroids they gave him and they will continue to give him the low dose. They are going to try tomorrow to being finding the platelets that match his blood type. The transfusion they gave him today should have had him up around a 90 but he was only at 71 so they think he isn't accepting the full dose they are giving him now.

Also, the oncology team is going to meet with the family tomorrow to discuss their recommendation for treatment. I am back to work tomorrow but I will try to get updates up as soon as I can.