It looks like Dad is going to be coming home from the hospital this week!!
We are all very excited. His white blood cell count has climbed into the low range for a healthy male (it climbed from close to zero so it’s gone up a lot) and his other counts are holding (they’re low, but holding). Coming home from the hospital is a huge win in the battle but there are still many challenges left. Dad is still fighting the pneumonia and will continue to fight it for several months. Dad is also fighting some of the side effects of the drugs that are helping him fight the pneumonia. So the bottom line is that he’s doing great but will need to rest for the next few months. I think the first few weeks at home will be the most tiring as Dad readjusts to a slightly larger living space and access to real food (not that real food wasn’t brought to the hospital for Dad, just that the prix fix menu wasn’t highly recommended).
Here’s to Happy Holidays and continuing best wishes.
Thank you.
Love,
Dina
ps I am presenting at our big geology conference next week and still have a significant amount of work to do. I apologize in advance for not returning any email messages but I will forward them to Mom and Dad.
Benjamin gets ready for the Run to the Far Side (a race in Golden Gate Park the Sunday of Thanksgiving sponsored by the California Academy of Sciences and based on Gary Larson cartoons). It rained the morning of the race so I don’t have any good pictures from it (we were all soaked). Benjamin enjoyed seeing all the runners and loved the costumes.