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A person in need
got a donor from our SaveBob event(s). Bob got his donor from
overseas. It's wonderful how when we all act, everyone can get
help. Imagine that, saving someone so far away!
9-25-2006
Robert W. D'Argenio Jr. passed away on September 24th 2006 at
7:15AM. It's a sad time for everyone but Rob can rest now. I
will forever miss him.
Wake for
Robert W. D'Argenio Jr.
Wednesday
September 27th 2006 3PM to 7PM
Cota Funeral Home: 335 Park Street North Reading, MA 01864 (978)
664-4340
Funeral for
Robert W. D'Argenio Jr.
Thursday September 28th 2006 10AM
St Theresa's Church 63 Winter St North Reading, MA 01864 (978)
664-341
8-13-2006
Because of all that's happened, Bob is somewhat depressed and
need uplifting. The trick is that Bob isn't answering the phone
in the room and takes time really think straight because of all
the medication. He's still smart as every but he has to think
about what he's doing and put a major effort into responding.
Now I can make him more comfortable and get anything he wants
for movies, frozen food and company, but he's sleeping all the
time and he can't watch a movie or talk for long periods of
time. He's pretty ill and wants this whole part of it to be
over. He'll debate the depression but as a family, we know Bob
and know that he's not "himself". He's still got faith
and that's important. I would imagine that the depression can
best be defined as "Just waiting it out" and not
applying a major effort to get physical.
In my
opinion, with everything that is happening, I think it's a
pretty smart move except for being completely distant from an
effort. It's hard too because I think that he's putting in an
effort but it's so hard to do things for him right now that the
benefits are minimal at best in his mind. He's got to get out of
bed soon or pneumonia will set in. Then that's a whole new thing
to contend with.
Additionally
he now has Graft Versus
Host Disease which is an almost guaranteed side effect of
the transplant. It's a good thing in disguise they say. One of
the things that is happening inside Bob is the new immune system
is attacking the old immune system because it sees it as a
disease. The new immune system can also see Bob's heart, lungs
and any organ as a disease and try and destroy it as well. So
there is a world war type of event happening within Bob's blood
system right now. This is on top of the depression. So if you
can pray for Bob, please do. It's a crucial time right now for
him and he needs all the prayer's he can get.
8-10-2006
Hello everyone. Thank you for staying updated by reading this
update page. Bob's feeling pretty ill right now. His blood cell
counts are good so the transplant seems to be working. He had a
week of sleep depravation that was caused by having to get up
every 15 to 30 minutes. The drug Lasix was being used to shed
off water and fluid retention. Though it's effective, it caused
Bob to lose an entire week of sleep. I mean the whole week. So
now it's extremely difficult for Bob to get up and walk around.
It's important for him to do so too because he's becoming or
actually becaome deconditioned to his regular physical
abilities. He's been in bed for over a month.
8-03-2006
Tomorrow will be one year from when Bob was diagnosed with AML
Leukemia. He hasn't been able to sleep much because of some of
the side effects related to the transplant. Basically he's been
prescribed Lasix which sheds fluid weight. You can't have extra
fluid weight because it collects around the lungs and causes
infections. Sleeping is important because we need sleep to
repair ourselves. It's getting rougher every day. Next week I'll
have more about the sleep loss. It's really getting to him now.
7-27-2006
Bob is starting to feel the side-effects of getting the
transplant. He's getting tired more often isn't really in the
mood for much. He's pretty up beat though. He's just praying for
it all to be done with and to come home.
7-20-2006
Bob's got' his transplant from a donor today. He's feeling
pretty good right now and just wants to get home.
6-25-2006
In the past few days at some point we got the news that Bob has
a donor. Actually 2. One of them is available in late July and
the other is available early August. The August one is a better
match but the July one is available sooner and we need sooner so
it will be the match we want. The transplant is scheduled for
7-20-2006.
6-19-2006
Bob's birthday. Happy Birthday Bro.
6-1-2006
The hard drive for the computer used for SaveBob.org crashed.
Data recovery is needed. (Update: Was successful and 98%
recovered)
5-14-2006
The office for SaveBob.org is flooded by the rain and grey-water
backup.
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