long time...

Hey everyone! I am sorry it's been so long since the last post. That's what happens when you juggle a little too much. I am writing a quick note to update you on the status of my father and then will make a Samantha 7 month update when i'm on the computer with all the pictures!

Ok... this has been the worst rollercoaster ride we've ever been on and it continues to thrash us all over the place. To summarize a few weeks of hell, my dad's back in the hospital in Trenton... he was doing fairly well at home, and seemed to be making some progress in the right direction. However, any time they tried to reduce the steroids to work towards weaning, he would lose everything he had gained and would have to go back on the higher dose. they repeated the MRI two fridays ago and learned that the spots on his brain have NOT gotten smaller or gone away. So.... it's seeming like he's suffering an auto-immune disease where his body is fighting itself and is not getting better.
They readmitted him to the hospital to undergo plasmapheresis www.mdausa.org/publications/fa-plasmaph.html, pretty much cleaning his blood and putting clean blood into his body. it's a 5 series process, every other day, so he's back in for a minimum of 10 days. He went back in on thursday i think. well....

since he's been in the hospital he's completely gone downhill. He's having a hard time with everything! My mom's a basket case and it seems like no one knows what is going on.

i'm going to head home Thursday to be with my mom and dad.. she needs a break from the hospital trip and needs someone to drink wine with i guess! :) i'm going to leave Samantha with nick again as he did such a great job last time.

Please keep us in your thoughts. It's been the craziest last 2 months and i just hope my dad can make it on our beach vacation at the end of the month so we can all be together as a family. Keep your fingers crossed!

Kristi