Friday, April 13, 2007

Friday Night

Richard started his third chemo. treatment yesterday afternoon. He will get a total of 6 bags every 12 hours. He is feeling good and has had no fevers. He goes for walks around the hospital each day, usually dragging his "tree" behind. They are continuing to give him doses of antibiotics into his Omaya port each day as a precautionary measure. He is also still getting antibiotics throughout the rest of his body. Hopefully, he'll be a able to come home in a couple of days. For those of you who are interested, he was moved to floor 6 because they needed a room on floor 7 for a transplant patient coming in. He has two primary nurses on this floor that are really nice. They "signed up" for him, apparently. One of them actually lives 3 minutes from our house in Neffsville.
Have a great night everybody! Love, Daphne

P.S. Thanks for the poem, Carl!

2 comments:

The Spealman Family said...

Hi Richie,

We're so glad to hear that you are doing well at HUP, and that the nurses are beating down the door to work with you. Even in the hospital, the Stallion comes out--we know that your dad and Carmen are proud! ;-) Keep the postings coming, and we'll see you soon!

Love,
Mandy, Steve, and Maggie

Anonymous said...

Hi Daphne, Richard David, and all the FAMILY,

We are here visiting with Dee and Michael on a pre scheduled visit as a Birthday Gift for Dad (Grandpop). We decided to take along Mom (Grandmom). Brought up your latest information on Richard D's.progress. Glad to hear all is going well. We were all very concerned. Keep up the good work Richard - you are always in our thoughts and prayers!

Hope to see you soon.

Love,
Aunt Helen, Uncle Wayne, Grandmom, Grandpop, Aunt Dee and Uncle Michael.