I took Ed to his bi-weekly check up with his oncologist on Monday (4/13), and despite the seizures he had last week, he got a good report.
He had gained back 2.8 pounds and is now back up to 170. His blood pressure was 118/80 - very good! All his blood counts were good and the dilantin and coumadin levels were in the excellent range. His platelets were slightly down, but not so much as to cause alarm.
He was given the go ahead for his next chemo treatment, round 2 of a series of 6 rounds. Now just got to wait for the Temodar to be delivered.
Dr. Splichal wants Ed to continue exercising, and work up the strength to start walking again. Yeah! He said he was encouraged by Ed's improvement over the last two visits and felt like he could walk again with practice and exercise.
He will continue to use the anti-fungal medications as needed, but his mouth looked good. He also felt like Ed was doing a good job keeping hydrated. We had him look at his scar from brain surgery, and he felt like the redness in that area was residual radiation skin burn.
Dr. S also told me to get with Sarah, the WONDERFUL person who does alot of the leg work for getting medications and other types of help for patients, to look into the drug that was recently approved (or so we hope) for GBM. Yeah!!!!
Kudos to my mom who has really stepped up and took care of my step dad, even though she is not a nurturer by nature. She barely leaves his side, unless someone else is there to sit with him, just in case he has a seizure. She does all the house work now and all the cooking. She is Ed's primary caregiver and I feel she is doing a most excellent job of it! She is in her 70's after all.
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