August 18, 2011

X marks the spot

Yesterday turned out to be a good day after the morning's first hiccup.  Dad had a fairly steady temperature throughout the day, had no more vomiting, and received two additional units of blood.  Dad is not a candidate for the stent procedure, so we are praying for no growth from the tumors. 

Dad had a good night as well.  He did wake up with about a 101.7 temperature, but we're confident that will get back to normal today.  (prayer request for normal temp).  He's already seen one of his doctors this morning.  While dad's blood levels have risen, they are not quite where the doctor wants them to be....two more units of blood to be given today.  Each one is a four hour process.  We continue to pray that his blood levels rise and the stay up.  Doctors believe they are tackling the internal bleeding.  Dad has also been upgraded from a clear liquid diet to a soft food diet....No more broth or jello!  YAY!  Dad is looking good....he even shaved this morning! 

We still have two additional doctors to see today, so additional updates will be provided if we have new information. 

As dad continues to get orders for more blood, myself and my siblings are reminded of a childhood tickle back that we would give to dad called "X marks the spot".  It went like this:  X marks the spot.  Knife stabs you in the back...the blood rushes down. Spiders crawling up your back to bite you on the shoulders.  Cool Breeze.  Touch squeeze.  I'm not sure where we learned this as the words are not really meant for a child or anyone else to be saying, but we loved to give and receive this tickle back....especially when it came to the blood rushing down.  Dad would always ask for "more blood, more blood" because it felt the best out of all the steps in the tickle back.  We all smile when we hear "more blood" and we are reminded of those great memories. 

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