Some encouraging news today!  Eric's cancer doctor called and told Eric that while they don't have all the genetic  information from the bone marrow plugs taken last Thursday morning (and won't until the end of this week or the beginning of next week), they have enough information that he could make some predictions for Eric's treatment.

Eric will probably be able to do his chemotherapy outpatient instead of having to be hospitalized.  It will be five days a week, and last for "awhile."  They won't know how many months he will have to do chemo until they monitor how he is responding to the chemo.  After a couple of months he should start to be feeling more energetic than he is now.  That is great news!

The transfusion went well, but Eric was hoping for a little more energy than he has had since getting it.  He went in to the office yesterday and today.  And he has been swimming once and walking twice.  To my mind, that is pretty amazing!  I think he was hoping that maybe Superman had donated blood recently and Eric would get some and now have super powers, but no such luck.

Eric has been achy and not slept well for a couple of weeks.  The doctor reassured him that was normal considering he has bone marrow cancer and had a transfusion. The related symptoms are "flu like" so he becomes increasingly tired and sore throughout the day.

I will post again when we find out for sure what type of bone marrow cancer Eric has and when he will start his chemo.  But I am really happy with the news we received today!