Wednesday, October 05, 2005

THE NEXT PHASE

First of all let me say that all of you are wonderful. The outpouring of love for Dan and the positive energy that you are sending his way is doing so much to get him back to the life he had before cancer sent him down this detour. If you have looked at the schedule that was first posted you are aware that Dan will enter the hospital on or around the 10th of October. This phase of his treatment will involve the infusion of healthy stem cells into a vein, they will find their way to his bone marrow, where they will produce new blood and immune cells and replace the cells destroyed by the treatment. Before the transplant is done, Dan will receive high-dose chemotherapy to destroy his diseased cells.

Although Dan is allowed visitors while he is hospitalized, given the uncertainty of how sick he may be and what side effects he may be dealing with, we will be posting regular (daily if necessary) messages regarding his health and whether he would like visitors. Please check the blog site the day you are planning to visit to assure he is in a condition to receive visitors. Thanks

3 comments:

dan patterson said...

DAMN! We have been spammed. I will see if there is a way to block such intrusions. Please read on.

COMMENTS CAN BE ADDED TO THE END OF EACH NEW POSTING. YOU ARE WELCOME TO READ AND ENJOY ALL COMMENTS. IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THE LATEST POSTING LOOK FOR THE COMMENTS SECTION AT THE END OF THE LATEST POSTING.

dan patterson said...

OKAY, IN ORDER TO KEEP US FREE OF SPAM WE WILL NOW HAVE TO TYPE A VERIFICATION WORD. MOST SPAM COMES VIA AND AUTOMATED SYSTEM WHICH CANNOT ENTER A VERIFICATION WORD. SORRY FOR THE ADDED STEP.

Brother Ted said...

Break a leg my friend. Keep me informed and I'll post new information. See you Wednesday if you are feeling okay.