[Woodcarver] Ol' Don

[SANDIE BURGDORF]

Thanks, Mike and Maura, for the thoughts and prayers. Things are looking pretty 
good right now. The lung tumor has shrunk to nothing. Don is able to swallow 
real food again instead of Ensure - which makes him very happy. Don had two 
really low periods 3 weeks apart. The radiation did a number on his blood making 
marrow. He had to spend overnight in the hospital on each occasion. They topped 
him off with several units of rbcs and some platelets. Made him feel like a new 
person the next day.

We are heading into the last week of radiation and the next to last batch of 
chemo today. Hopefully the blood will hold good this time. The doctors are 
planning what comes next but all we know is that it will involve low dose 
radiation to the brain and will also probably include removing the kidney with 
cancer in it. I'm sure they will want Don back at full speed before they do 
that.

We had been looking forward to seeing the Honesdale crowd again. Will see what 
next year brings.

Sandie
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