The nurses said that Jack had good night last night. He was pretty awake when we came to visit. I fed him some vanilla ice cream that the nurse got for him and he enjoyed that.
Today Jack's white blood cell count was in the 350s (a little lower than yesterday). It is fluctating a little each time that Jack gets the treatment. Matt talked to the attending doctor today and they are going to continue to monitor the Campath treatment for at least a couple of more days. It is still too soon to make a determination if another drug is needed. Jack is supposed to be visited by the lead oncologist Dr. Goldstein (his primary doctor from the first chemotherapy from a few weeks ago) to discuss his progress and next steps.
Jack had physical therapy again today. It was done on the side of the bed and they helped him move his arms and legs and sit up a little. They told him they are going to try to get him up and out of bed to try to walk around tomorrow. He keeps talking about the "special" socks they gave him with the little grips on the bottom. We'll see how it goes but it will literally be baby steps probably to start with.
Marybeth and Scott came to visit today and Jack was telling her about his visit from Father Mike (a friend of the Marybeth's mom) who came to see how Jack was doing. Father Mike was here a few weeks ago to pray with the family when Jack was going through his surgery and the time in the ICU. I forgot to mention it but a rabbi also stopped by the other day when Fran asked to get communion for Jack. Apparently, the only person volunteering in the Pastoral that day was a rabbi. Jack was happy to get the visit from the rabbi anyway. Jack finally did get his communion yesterday from Father Mike and he was very appreciative of that.
Hopefully, I will have more info about Jack's treatment by Friday.
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