At last ... a bit of time to update

Hectic few days with visits to hospitals ... both planned and unplanned. Friday included a couple of trips to airports to pick up reinforcements (my mum from australia and Andrew's brother Grant who had been interstate). Andrew's hospital visit was a short one. Only a few (4) hours for the last couple of bags of antibiotics and then labs. Counts were low, especially platelets (25). Result - one of those nasty nose bleeds (gusher) that don't stop without platelets for clotting. Back Sat am for a transfusion of platelets. Sat afternoon a phone call from Alice's soccer game in San Fran to say she is with the paramedics because she got a hit to the head with an elbow and was knocked out and then confused etc. so another trip to ER (Peninsula up near San Fran this time). Another long session. Both patients were feeling a bit knocked out on Sunday but both fine and the first day (Sunday) in 10 without a visit to hospital. Phew ... a day of rest (so I slipped out for a nice long trail run and we all got to watch Angus's first soccer game for the season). No more fevers so on track to start treatment with catheter placement on Thursday and then admittance to Stanford on Sunday for the week (radiation etc.).