Hi Everyone. Up until yesterday it appeared that everything was going well and there wasn’t much to report. Dad seemed to be continuing his recovery, although a cold was making him tired. Then yesterday Dad passed out briefly and Mom brought him in to see the doctor. It was found that he had internal bleeding [...]
Hi and Happy Holidays (a bit late)! Stephen, Benjamin, and I visited Delaware over the holidays and can report that Dad looks great and continues to improve every day. His daily routine still involves medication (in IV and pill form) that takes a few hours of his time but he is also working, reading, taking [...]
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, [...]
Hi. I’m not sure where to begin so I will try to be as succinct as I can. Dad is still in the hospital. His blood counts have been going up slowly and we are hopeful that they will continue to increase. A new concern is that Dad has pneumonia. The doctors did a biopsy [...]
Hi. It’s been a strange few weeks for all. Dad is back in the hospital and has been there for about a week. Dad has had two common manifestations of the GvH (graft-vs-host), the first is a rash and the second is uncharacteristic liver enzymes. It appears that both are currently under control, which is [...]
Hi. We just returned from Delaware and I apologize for not finding the time to send an update earlier. Dad is at home but has been diagnosed with graft-vs.-host (GvH) disease. This is both good and bad. The bad part is that it can be quite serious and Dad needs to rest, fight the GvH, [...]
Hi. On Wednesday afternoon Dad had a doctor’s appointment and was sent to the hospital when they found that he had a 102+ (F) fever. In addition to the fever, he also has a full body rash of unknown cause (both the fever and rash have been clearing up). Dad is in good spirits and [...]
Hi Everyone, Last night Dad received a boost of stem cells and stem cell products from Aunt Diane. A decrease in the percentage of Diane’s cells in Dad’s blood was noticed in August and then confirmed in early September. At that time we were waiting for more information and options from Dad’s doctor. And at [...]
From: Dina Venezky Date: Thu Jul 24, 2003 22:43:39 US/Pacific Hi – It’s been 6 months since Dad received Diane’s stem cells and he is doing really well. He’s been working, gardening, and attending to a full social calendar in DE, NYC, and Sag Harbor (I think he makes his doctor tired just mentioning half [...]
Hi. Just a quick email to let you know that everything is going well. Dad was released from the hospital in time for a wonderful Mother’s Day dinner at a Japanese restaurant. He then saw his doctor before the weekend and was told that his blood counts are all up. Thanks again for all of [...]