2/13/05 Sunday

Again another sleepless night arising to a battle with the shakes. After a little Demerol and 45 minutes things simmered down. Being Sunday it’s generally a quiet day except that I have a new attending doctor on the floor. This week’s doctor Dr. Levine is who I anxiously awaited a visit from all morning. Dr. Levine said there seemed to be some abnormalities in yesterday’s abdomen CT scan. As to the extent of those abnormalities, he would not get too in-depth until he was able to compare to previous CT scans. The best news of all from Dr. Levine was that we would be starting the five day chemo treatment this afternoon. I also had brief visits from the respitory and infectious disease teams. It’s good to know that even though they’re starting chemo that they are persistent on finding a cause for these fever and low blood pressure even though I think it’s the lymphoma. More good news is that my blood pressure has been in the safe zone for the last 24 hours. I have to hope and pray that this is a significant turning point for the best and I ask that you please pray as well.

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