Slowly. . .

Dad's engrafting is going very slowly, his numbers came up a little more today and they now say he is engrafting but his numbers have to hit a certain point before they will say his cells have finally engrafted.  Dad has not eaten hardly anything for ten days, he has a cold virus (they call it CMV), and a virus in his lungs which is causing him to cough a lot which hurts him everywhere and his electrolytes are all over the place.  Because of all these things today they decided to admit him in to the hospital so that they could tube feed him and keep their eye on everything else until his cells engraft.  This may take a few days but dad decided that this would be for the best because his body is so weak that he can hardly even get out of bed.  So dad will be in the hospital for the next few nights and maybe mom can get some much needed rest.  Dad does not want any visitors because he is so miserable.  Please send your love through the blog.  Mom and dad do read the blog almost everyday.  Hopefully things will start to turn around this week and they can be home to their own house by the weekend!