Almost half way and still doing well...

Dad is still feeling well though a bit tired (understandable).  His radiologist suggested he take anti-nausea medicine just in case, because the treatments build up on you.  Two days after starting that pill, his ankles started swelling up (similar to what would happen a couple days after he took anti-nausea pills with his Joplin treatments). He thinks it's related to that med and I think he's right! He stopped taking it, but it takes a while for the swelling to go down. In the meantime, walking is difficult so they opted not to drive over to my cousin Ron's house in Wentzville this past weekend, which had originally been the plan.  (Plus Kimberly has a bug, so it's best not to get too close.) Sorry they missed the visit - missed out on more of Kirsten's great cooking!

Also, his red cell count was a bit on the low end, so they skipped one of his weekly chemo treatments (while continuing the radiation).  I think he's not eating enough red meat!!! Also supposed to have lots of green leafy vegetables - but unfortunately those are not allowed in any large volume due to his blood thinner medicine (slight conflict of interest which presents a challenge). Hopefully with a 2-week break in-between, his red cell count will come back up for the next treatment. He always had a 2-week break for his Joplin treatments.

We are all hoping for the best, that his results from these treatments will be as good or better than in Joplin. Shrink that tumor by another half! 

I am sure Dad is looking forward to a break, and they are both looking forward to coming home.  They are planning on driving back to Seneca this Friday (St Patty's Day) and then driving back early Monday morning. If he's not feeling up to the drive, I can take the bus from Joplin to St Louis to help out on the drive back, or the other way, or both. Will post later in the week.