Another Day in the hospital

Joe remains in the hospital today. Mark and I visited over our lunch hour and Joe was having some chest pains. They gave him a shot of nitroglycerin and some aspirin and took some more blood to analyze. I haven't heard what his counts were today, but he received another of the immunization shots which we hope will help. They plan to give these daily while he is in the hospital. I did see him eat a little at lunch. We gave the Dr the information on Protocel which she took with her to determine if there would be any interations with the chemo or medicines that he is currently on. The Dr also indicated that she would get a referral to the Dr in Iowa City who specializes in alternative treatments. He will not be able to go until his counts stablize (hopefully next week). Joe was disappointed to hear the Oncologist recommend that the kids not visit since they have colds. Mark is taking Nico up tonight though (he showered and will most likely wear a mask). Nico is having a pretty hard time of it with Papa..so he really needs to see him. Likewise, Joe was very disappointed when the kids didn't come last night. That's about it for today. Here's a fun pic of Santa visiting the kids at Christmas.