Dad had more blood work done this morning, and will get the results later today when he meets with Dr. Siefker. If the blood work indicates that he has sufficiently recovered from his last round of chemo., he will begin a new round today. If not, then I'm not sure.
Jerry's first mouth sore appeared yesterday. He thought it was a peppercorn, according to Nolie, but Jerry didn't have anything to eat with peppercorns. He thought there were peppercorns in the gravy that he had with his biscuits for breakfast, but those were little sausage chunks.
There is an oral rinse that Jerry is supposed to use five or six times a day to alleviate this very thing. I believe he has been using the rinse as prescribed, so I guess it could be much worse than one mouth sore that feels or looks like a peppercorn.
I think the next thing that is supposed to happen is the hair falling out. Nolie says that it hasn't fallen out yet, but that it looks fuzzy like goose down. The hair is supposed to fall out during week three, which is next week.
That's all I know for now. I wanted to get the latest posted now because I may not have a chance to update later tonight after the appointment with Dr. Siefker.
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Hello again...keep on rinsing to keep all peppercorns away! When my sister lost her hair, she gained an amazing hat collection...different schools, brands, styles, fabrics, flavors, etc... A nice excuse for a new style change every day...
Jerry, we're thinking & praying for you daily!!! Love, Kristen, Glenn & Radar
Losing the top hair won't be a great loss, but will the beautiful white beard go too?
Dick
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