ENOUGH!

Dad is STILL IN THE HOSPITAL (and he's not happy about it)! As of 10:00 this morning he was still there, but we're keeping our fingers crossed that he'll be out by this afternoon. This treatment has been an ordeal, and Dad is so ready to be home! This was supposed to be a 3-day treatment, but it turned into 6. Not fun at all. Dad has responded well to his treatments, but the slowness of everything held his release date back. The time it has taken to transition from one treatment to the next has been lagging, and the time it has taken his blood test results to come back has lagged. The process has been agonizing, and Dad is frustrated. Being a process and procedures guy his whole life, Dad is in shock at the system in place at the hospital. He has talked about loop systems and checks and efficiency a lot over the last few days. He should be a consultant for hospitals, I tell you! :)

As far as his health is concerned - Dad has been queasy and lacked an appetite, but he's still doing well. One reason why they wouldn't let him go home yesterday was because the blood tests indicated an abnormally fast progression in some of the numbers that indicate when a patient can go home. Essentially, Dad was looking TOO good!

We're hopeful that he'll be discharged as soon as the lead doctor does his/her rounds this afternoon. If not, Dad just might walk out... :)