Day 32 Admission -----Day 12 HiDAC

Hello all,

Well, Joe T. and myself had planned to take the train in together this am, when Joe called and said Debbie was discharged(d/c'd). She has been w/o fevers for 24 hours and her WBC's were up to 7, so despite still being SOB and tired they felt she would be okay at home. I had planned to drive down w/ Joe and take the train home, but than we heard that there was work being done on the R5 and it was neccessary to switch to a bus for part of the ride ,which just sounded too involved, so I had a quick visit w/ Bob today and came home w/ Debbie and Joe. Actually the timing was perfect b/c right when we were leaving Bob was, as he puts it, "getting ready to zone out". He needed platelets today, and the 50 mg. of benadryl was working its' magic. He slept the afternoon away and just told me it was a good day. He also had a great visit in the am w/ Mary T. and Kim B. from Trivalley before I arrived at noon. Kim and Mary brought this huge smiley face balloon which all the staff members kept complimenting, and they caught Bob up on the TVP move and all the latest news. Thanks girls, he really enjoyed your visit.

I thought Bob looked better today. His hgb is stable at 8.8 and his color was so much better than yesterday. He has a temp right now as I write, of 101.6, but they only culture every 24 hours, and he had all that done at 10pm last night. So they'll do all that at 10p tonight, if he still has the fever then. And yay! for our guy...he got 3 laps in today, between the platelets and the fever. He said he tolerated it really well, didn't get too pooped or SOB. He ate a good lunch while I was there, but did admit to doing so b/c it's just in his best interest. He says it's not enjoyable at all as everything is so tasteless. His nurse Kate chimed in w/..."probably not a bad thing"...my same sentiments several days ago. But he's got a tempting treat of 4 different types of mini-cookies to go w/ his milk tonight thanks to Candy and Aunt Millie.

On to comments from himself;
To Ann M.,(and others who have asked that I can't remember now), Bob said he knows the Red Cross has to be involved when you want to donate to somebody specific. I'm (Mo) sorry, I didn't get a chance to check this out on the web.

To Cozz!!!! Bob says "Gumba! Quesce dice? Milli gratzia for blogging." And we both offer our Congratulations and Best Wishes to your son and his wife.(Sorry Elizabeth, for what I'm sure is a desecration in spelling of the Italian language).

To MDF, Bob said "funny you shoud mention" the ferry to San Francisco. He remembers it well, and just read an article about it and Angel Island in the Smithsonian Magazine.He bored me w/ a whole other history lesson about "the Ellis Island of the Pacific", so thanks Mare. And yes, Bob was able to read again this am. Thanks for the suggestion of the audiobooks though, Kris. Something to remember just in case.

To Katie Mazzola, Congratulations on the new play (wish we could see you in it), and Good Luck w/ Vt.


To DJ...sigh...it's tough being a Philly sports fan.

To any of the Mazzolas...how's Billy doing w/ the WWF?

Yikes...can I just say Phew!!! It always takes me longer to type when Bob has comments...I may start omitting punctuation soon.

I'm not going to HUP tomorrow as Bob insists and I have to say, while it pains me not to see him, it does refresh me also. This is all by way of asking...if anyone's hanging around looking for something to do, I'm sure Bob would love a little company.

Okay, I have finally run out of things to say, except my usual request to remember us in your prayers. Thank you one and all for the blogs, calls, cards and gifts. We couldn't get by w/o all your support.

All our love and thanks,
Bob and Mo