AUG off to a rough start ...

August 1, 2011

Another brand-new day! We came home last night after yet another weeklong stay in the hospital. As incredible as it sounds, it was just a matter of hours from being released two weeks ago, until I was admitted again. I had extreme fever, chills, and once again was again put on antibiotics.

This was a Monday night and I was kept on antibiotics all week; released Friday night. This time I have been given antibiotics to take for one more week. I feel fine at this point, though I am worn out from all the hospital time. My left leg which had the clots two weeks ago, is still slightly swollen and I have a real fear that there may be more clots.

All I can do is pray the Coumadin does its job and a filter that they put in my vein to catch clots is working fine. We have tickets to fly home to San Diego in four days. The Burzynski clinic will put me back on treatments today or tomorrow, assess my progress, in release me for flight home. After all of the trials and tribulations this journey to Houston has given us, San Diego is going to be an incredibly welcome sight. We still have a lot of work to do, obviously, as the cancer treatment has just begun . The clinic will send me medicines and supplies to our home address, and hopefully we will not need to return to Houston until fall when the weather should be more cooperative. I firmly believe that humidity and heat have been major players in my slow progress. We're praying that once we return to San Diego, and my body gets used to the good weather again, my progress with the cancer treatments will progress much faster than it’s been possible here in Houston.

If that does not happen then I will be forced to look elsewhere for alternate cancer treatments. This would be a shame, since we have invested so much in the Burzynski clinic. The bottom line however is, that I have been sick most of the time that I've been in Houston and that there have actually been only I think two weeks of continual treatment using antineoplaston therapy that I came here to receive. I have had a few days on the therapy in between hospital stays and such, but for continual treatment I think two weeks is about all I have had at one time. The Burzynski clinic and its doctors have been nothing short of professional and we have enjoyed working with them every step of the way. I don't know why this has been such a rough ride for me… And I really do not think that therapy from the clinic is to blame. On the other hand, how could the humidity of a Houston summer put me in the hospital over and over again? There are tons of unanswered questions, but the bottom line is that we are flying home in a few days. The hospital gave me clearance to fly and I am going to take advantage of it. I do know that by the time I reach San Diego, my wings will be very tired of flying. But, this is a risk I am willing to take!