Jan 8 Update

After the scare on Friday with finding the infection, the weekend turned out to be a good turn. Joe recovered nicely with the help of a couple antibiotics. He had a good weekend, got out of his room some and enjoyed the good company of friends and family. All of his counts look good. He is still having some nausea and since he needs to keep the antibiotics down, the Drs want to keep him in the hospital for a few more days. If all goes well, then he can be released and a home health care provider will come at night to adminster his "food", since he still cannot get much of anything down. His weight was steady on the weekend at about 138, but dropped today to 136, so he continues to lose weight. His oncologist is still planning on getting a referral appt set up for Dr Nicly in Iowa City, who specializes in alternative cancer treatments. As soon as he is up for travel we can meet with her and discuss some options for pain treatment as well as any supplements or other treatments available. Another CAT scan will be done before they release him to make sure everything looks ok. Joe has not yet decided whether or not he will continue chemo treatments. There are some options for different, less intense treatments he could try. Cross your finger (and toes) that Joe continues with this progress!