Dad Has now been admitted back to the hospital yesterday. His platelets were @ 7 when they should be at 140. His white blood count was normal. Now today his platelets are up but the wbc is all wacky. I can't go visit him I am sick and am not exposing him to anything else than what he as to deal with now. The doc told my sister the scan showed the tumor in his lymph nodes has shrunk but the one in his chest has not changed, He also said that when they get him stable enough they want to do a bone marrow test because his platelets where low before chemo so they feel the cancer might be in his marrow. If this is the case the onc said we will cross that bridge when we get there. But I want to know what is the prognosis if it is. He wont tell us. He did say dad is day to day they are not sure if he will even make it 18 months. The chemo puts him out for 2-3 weeks so we get 1 week a month of happy go lucky dad. The rest is pain and hospital. I want my dad to feel better and get through this but i am not sure he is strong enough. What can we expect next.
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