Here's another update on my brother in law:
My sister and B-I-L went to the Cancer Center in Toronto earlier this week to see about getting the stemcell transplant for his disease. It was actually an encouraging visit as the Oncologist there said that they did not feel his condition had progressed into the Acute Myloid Leukemia yet and that he had longer---up to 2 years---than what his local Oncologist had said. They also said that they would test his two siblings to see if either of them are a match. If they're not, then they can tap into the National and International Bone Marrow Registry to see if they can find a match.
It was a much better visit than any of the other visits, and we we almost giddy with relief that he seemed to have been given a bit of a reprieve. It didn't last long.
My brother in law passed out early yesterday and my sister called the ambulance. He's got an infection, which is one of the main risks he faces with his white blood count being low. And unfortunately, they do not transfuse white cells (unless you are an identical twin), because your own white cells will view it as 'foreign' and will attack it. I did not know that before and I find that terrifying. He's been given several bags of antibiotics and we are praying that this helps. His temperature keeps going up and down, up and down which is not a good sign. His temperature went from 36.8 (98.5F) to 39.5 (103.10 F). No one can see him except my sister, as he's in Isolation.
I'd like to pray, but I'm so pissed off and angry at God right now, that I cannot. Why the hell should humans have to continuously suffer like this? I better not ever get a Witness tell me it's because two people ate a piece of forbidden fruit 6,000 years ago, or I'll go balistic.
Sorry....don't mean to rant, but we're all pretty devastated right about now.....we're sitting here trying to hope for the best but expecting the worst and my emotions are all over the place.