Thursday, October 27, 2005

Discharged

Just saw my doctor and he gave the choice to go home today or tomorrow. Hmmmm. Not a difficult choice. I will be discharged this afternoon. Counts continue to move upward. For the biologists among you bloggers, my neutrophils are at around 530, white cells .7, platelets 28 and hematocrit (red cells) 25. The hematocrit number is the threshhold for transfusion so I am currently receiving 1 pint of blood and will receive another later this morning. This is entirely expected. My energy levels continue to be very low, but being home will be great. We will continue to keep you advised over the next weeks/months through the blog. I can't say it enough: thank you everyone for all your prayers, support and love.

My sister Kate (Kathy) will be arriving on Sunday to help around the house as I will need close to 24 hour care for the first few weeks until my counts get back up to better levels. THat will be nice since I haven't seen her in a few years.

And aren't those White Sox something else? What a team. Houston just couldn't hit those White Sox pitchers. and those 2 last outs by Juan Uribe were something. Many of you may not know that he was once a Colorado Rockie. In typical Rockie's fashion, since he was such a fine player, we traded him.

Finally, my "brother Ted" and his son, "the other Ted" have begun work on the hardcopy book. They have asked once again that each of you bloggers send him your picture, either digitally via email, or hard copy via regular post. Ted's address is Ted Bettridge, 4296 Grove St., Denver, CO 80211. Photos that come through email should be in a JPG or JPEG format.


Love, Dan

3 comments:

Seal Family said...

Way to go Dan and the White Sox! I had a feeling they would take it in 4! You're correct the Rockies seem to trade the good ones!!! I can only imagine how wonderful you will feel at home! Again please let us know how we can help! Love the Seals

Mr. B said...

Christ, Patterson. What some people will do for attention!
I was lecturing a couple of days ago and watching my students squirm with anxiety and apprehension. They were stressed about life..their young and silly lives. I was silent for a moment and then directed them to pull out a piece of paper and write down what they considered the 'good' and 'bad' in their lives. Predictably, they were stressed about meaningless crap and oblivious to the blessings in their lives. I told them that a wise man once shared with me a book that opened my eyes to the fact that the past is gone and the future in unknown and all we can hope to do is to embrace this very moment. I then realized that I had not been in contact with that wise man in a long time and that he was probably doing a lot of reflecting on his blessings and I just wanted to tell him (you) welcome home.
Nice work getting tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber to do your hard copy. I hope you've done more research on your doctors...
Love,
Greg

Brother Ted said...

The Blog Book, what an odd name, is 60 some pages and growing. Pictures and additional comments are welcome. The pictures are important because they give a feeling that the person who posted the blog is there and talking to Dan, Susan, the girls and this wonderful circle of friends. Please send pictures and/or additional comments to tw8g@yahoo.com or via snail mail to 4296 Grove St, Denver,CO 80211-1620. Thanks from Tweedle Dumber aka brother ted.