Being home is always nice! Home made meals, a comfy couch and familiar surroundings, three doting daughters, and a wife-nurse making sure he takes all his meds, notes all symptoms, drinks plenty of water, walks a bit and rests a lot! We have made two trips to Siteman so far for labs and checkups. Yesterday's trip wore Dale out a lot.. He has not been given clearance to drive yet, but being in the car is rough as it is. Plus, all the walking and waiting for appointments can be hard on a healthy person. We are on day 22 after transplant...
Dale's blood tests yesterday showed all his blood numbers rising 
Praise the Lord! The doctors made sure we understood that he will be tired and worn out for months while his body rebuilds (even though the numbers rise) and it is a normal part of recovery. The average before a BMT feel like they did pre-transplant is up to a year, and then well over a year or more to feel like they did pre-cancer, but we are heading in the right direction and that's all that matters right now! The doctors keep enforcing "one day at a time"...please keep praying! His body is very weak and working hard inside to rebuild itself. This all takes time as the chemo has taken its toll.
Praise the Lord! The doctors made sure we understood that he will be tired and worn out for months while his body rebuilds (even though the numbers rise) and it is a normal part of recovery. The average before a BMT feel like they did pre-transplant is up to a year, and then well over a year or more to feel like they did pre-cancer, but we are heading in the right direction and that's all that matters right now! The doctors keep enforcing "one day at a time"...please keep praying! His body is very weak and working hard inside to rebuild itself. This all takes time as the chemo has taken its toll.
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