This has been a big week for our family!! Dad's STC occured on Monday and Tuesday. For the rest of the week he went in to the clinic everyday for monitoring, hydration, and tests. They are watching counts for white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. The white blood cell count drops significantly with the chemo treatment and that is what we want. The other two have to be watched closely and if there is a drop too low then they are prepared for blood transfusions.
Each day, the numbers were doing what they are expected to do. The primary difficulties for Dad have been nausea and vomiting. He has been given a variety of medications to help with that but it is part of the process that sometimes just can't be avoided. Dad takes several antibiotics to prevent any type of infection, as that would be a big threat we do not want to face.
The past few days have been difficult for him. Tomorrow he will be going through his first transfusion and we are hoping that he will start to feel better afterwards!!!
Yesterday was the birth of Dad's first grandchild! Harrison Riley Payne was born in Waco, TX at 3:03pm. Tim and Kim are ecstatic and Harrison is such a sweet baby. He is so content experiencing the world and the love of his family. Dad and Paula were able to follow the birth events through the blessing of technology. Texts, phone calls, and video were exchanged. Of course we knew the possibility of Harrison's arrival and Dad's treatment would likely come at the same time so we were prepared for how to keep them as informed as the situation would allow!!!!
Welcome to the world, Harrison:
Dad, we love you!!!!!
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