Oops....Joe forgot to mention something yesterday

Joe was so pre-occupied with having to get the IV of fluids yesterday and leaving his cell phone in the car that he forgot to post the most important news from his trip to Duke on Friday.  The resident in radiation and Dr. Zafar's nurse, Minoka, both confirmed that the ultrasound from Thursday showed no problems with the stint so it is believed that the rise in his bilirubin count was most probably a reaction to the chemo.  Now that his chemo & radiation treatments are over, hopefully the count will start to come back down.  However, this morning (Saturday) has not started off well.  He has already had some severe nausea and vomiting issues, again.  We are getting ready for the funeral of a dear friend, so Joe is a little anxious.  Hopefully that is all it is.  On a lighter note, during his shower this morning, since his radiation is over he was able to scrub the areas on his torso where the radiologists had drawn marks for his treatments for the first time since the first week of December.  He is extremely clean today.