Day Zero Plus Sixty – The Popular Guy with the Velvet Hair

Jeff was a popular guy today.  Keith figured he spent at least two and half hours on the phone.   First, his brother, Paul, called.  They had a lengthy conversation with a lot of laughter.  Then his friend, Martin, called.  Another animated conversation.  And then Jeff called Conshohocken Jeff.  They spoke briefly before we had to leave for Jeff’s physical therapy. 

Conshohocken Jeff needs to have the rest of the stem cells required for his transplant harvested directly from his hip, under general anesthesia, but his platelets were too low to do it today.  Harvesting may happen tomorrow, if his platelets are high enough.  He said he couldn’t sit still so he had been working a little in his garden.  He would like us to get together and have dinner when all this is behind us.  Sounds good to me!

For a week or so now, Jeff has been getting a little excited about the return of his hair – on his head, anyway.  He thinks it is coming in “towhead blonde” but I think it looks suspiciously white.  It is very soft peach fuzz which Jeff says “feels like velvet.”  He asks me frequently, “Do you want to touch my velvet hair?”  I have to say it does feel nice.  Today I put a piece of white card stock perpendicular to his scalp in the hopes that I could catch enough strands to make a determination about the color.  Keith thinks it may be brown.  Hmmm…   Stay tuned!

My co-workers met me for dinner tonight.  Great fun!  I told them that I would be able to work tomorrow and Thursday since Keith can now do Jeff’s IV fluids!  On Friday Jeff has appointments so I’ll be off that day.   

100 minus 60 equals 40!