Rough day!

Today has been rough. About 5:00 this morning blood started showing up in Kent's urine. They don't know if it from his platelets being to low or if it is from the tumor that is in his bladder. His platelets were at 16,000. They normally do an infusion at 15,000. They have now decided to keep his platelet count at 75,000 to see if they can stop the bleeding. Normal platelet count is anywhere from 140,000 to 440,000. So you can see that his count is very low. It was down to 9,000 before we came into the hospital. We met with the transplant group today. The odds for someone Kent's age aren't very good. We have some tough decisions to make here in a few days. I am so afraid that Kent is throwing in the towel. He just isn't use to being weak and not feeling good. His sons all came tonight and buzzed his hair. We noticed today that some was starting to fall out on his pillow. So it was time. He doesn't look to bad being bald. I would love him whether he had hair or not. Glen says that it will probably come back in white. Wouldn't that look nice!!! Pray for a better day tomorrow.