Richard Still At HUP - Round 5

Hello everyone. Richard is still here at HUP getting chemo. round 5. Things have been very uneventful (that's the way we like it when it comes to this). He finished bag number 4 of 6 this morning around 6:00 a.m. He will get his fifth bag in about an hour and his last bag around 4:00 a.m. Monday morning. He should be able to come home on Monday. He didn't start to feel tired until this morning. He's been sleeping most of the day today. He hasn't had any other pain or nausea. He says he just feels like his body is sinking into the mattress. These are the usual symptoms for a cycle A round. His nurses have been great - they are all so friendly and really seem to care about their patients.

A young guy that Richard got to know while he was here is having a bone marrow transplant this week. It's not the actual transplant itself that's so rough; it's the recovery. So please, keep him in your prayers too. He's only 19 and has leukemia. Unfortunately, Richard can't visit him right now because he can't go in the room with his IV pole (too much contamination into the room).

We are so fortunate that Richard's cancer is gone and in such a short time. So many people around here still have cancer and have been fighting it for a long time. I'm thankful for Richard's progress, but I pray for all these other people too that they can see some progress too. Richard's inner strength and all of the prayers and strength from everyone around us (all of you) is essential to his complete recovery. Thanks for everything all of you are doing!

Love,
Daphne (and Richard, too)