Thursday, June 26, 2008

Feeling better

Bob was feeling nauseated. He received his stem cells on Tuesday. This took about a hour. He is feeling much better now. The Nurse said he will be feeling pretty well wipe out soon. As all as he doesn't have nausea he will be doing OK.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

On his 3 week bender

Bob went into the hospital on Wens. the 18th. We meet with Dr Cashen then waited for him to get a room. He didn't get a room until 6:45 pm. He received his worst dose of chemo on wens. night. They told he would feel like he would have a bad headache. He described it as like having a bad hangover. They waiting a day and yesterday he received another dose of chemo. According to the schedule he should receive his stem cells on Tuesday. Then he will have to just sit and wait until his blood counts get high enough for him to go home. Dr. Cashen stated that he will not get out until at least 3 weeks. I am sure he will be stir crazy by then. We are over the biggest hump after this. He will return to see Dr. Cashen after a week he is discharged. He will then have a two more doses of Rixtumib. These will be as outpatients. After this he should not have to be admitted for anything else. After the Rixtumib, they will put his name in the computer and be randomized on receiving the velecaid.

Thank you for all of your prayers and thoughts.

Bob's room number is 5926 in the schoenberg pavillion at Barnes Jewish hospital 224 S Euclid ave st louis mo

or email him at http://www.siteman.wustl.edu/internal.aspx?id=198 this will get you to email a patient with cancer. just put Robert Rogers