Quick update

The attending doctor thinks the blood pressure is a low normal and is in line with his initial numbers.  A low blood pressure together with an elevated heartbeat is concerning-but his heartbeat is not high at all.  In general, when Lucas sleeps, all his vitals are low -- oxygen, heartbeat, blood pressure, body temperature.  And since he hated wearing tubes for oxygen, we are using blowing tube to get his level to normal.  When the blowing tube is misplaced when he tosses and turns, his number would go under normal minimum and the monitor would make a sound and wake me up.  I would reposition the blowing tube.  Luckily I sleep whenever he sleeps (since he wouldn't go sleep without me), I manage to get enough sleep even with interruptions.  And thanks to iPhone, I can update blog right now lying next to him.

If he hadn't got pneumonia, he would be able to go home today and continue t be treated as an outpatient.  Now the doctor is trying to decide whether he would have his next spinal tab and chemo on Friday or later.  His day 1 is Saturday, not a weekday, so the lab and clinic have limited resources.

The numbers of his daily blood test shows the chemo is doing what it is supposed to do.  And his pneumonia symptoms have gotten better.  Hopefully we will be home for Christmas and can open many gifts from you together!  Lucas loves the card and balloons he got today from Kelly and XZ.  I will try to make sure he gets one new card every day until he fully recovers.