Day 1: Sleep on...

Well, today was uneventful. Thankfully. Richard slept almost all day, due to the continued influx of anti-nausea medicine. He ate two saltine crackers and another 1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream. Nice diet. He also took a shower and managed to catch a few minutes of the Little League World Series. [Now, seriously, how much more excitement can a guy have?]

I took a picture of him watching Little League, and he asked that I retake the picture of him smiling so I could put it on today's blog.

Richard started a new regimen of "anti" drugs today. Just say NO to infections! Here's the cocktail:
- acyclovir (prevents viral infection and herpes-type things)
- ipofloxcine (prevents bacterial infection)
- diflucan (prevents fungal infection)

He's also cycling through zophran, ativan and compazine every couple of hours to control nausea. His heart rate, blood pressure and temp remain stable. We're tracking some blood counts on a white board next to his bed, and I'll share those with you each day. We can watch his counts bottom out. Fun, fun, fun. Here are counts for day -1 (8/17) and +1 (8/19), respectively:

WBC (white blood cells: fight infection): 3.4 3.1
HGB (carry oxygen): 12.0 10.1
PLT (platelets help clotting): 401 296


For those of you who have persevered through all the medical talk, here are pictures from Tuesday's trip to Bodega Bay:

The rocky cliffs and some of the dozens of otters that can be seen from the hotel restaurant.





















Richard on a walk.
















Richard and Robin on a walk. This is a bluff off Highway 1. You can't tell, but the ocean is just yards away, behind us.
















Ready for breakfast before heading home on Wednesday.
This is my favorite picture. I might have to repost this on Sunday.













Things we appreciated today: my mother's return home after a week in the hospital; a new, easy to use digital camera; and glorious, oblivious sleep.