April 30th Update

To All,

I want to let everyone know that Brian Humes will be coming down from Toronto to stay with Stephen from May 29th until June 3rd. Many thanks to Brian for this commitment.

The following dates are not yet covered:

May 22-May 28

June 4 - June 30

If you or anyone you know can cover any of these dates, please e-mail me at: dr.bill@wildblue.net

In the meantime Steve has now completed four of five days of his current (2nd round) of chemotherapy. He will be finished tomorrow and then have at least three weeks rest to regain his strength before the 3rd round of chemo begins. It's been a long week but everything is good with Brian G. taking him to all his treatment sessions in Beverly Hills.

Will follow up with more details soon.

Thanks very much,
Bill Grevatt

April 27 Update

Hi all,

I don't know who is in touch with Steve daily or weekly so I thought I would send an update. Maybe you have already received the news, in any case:
1- Steve has been gaining strength daily.2-He visited his Doc yesterday and all is good. So good that he is going to receive his second round of chemo next week. It seems it will be 5 day visits, with 3-5 hours of chemo every visit. Starts Monday.3- Since being home his attitude has changed. He is in much better spirits than the last week in the Hospital.4-Unfortunately,during his visit he was told he cannot have beer or wine. He was not happy he asked.5-Next week could be a tough on for Steve. let's keep in touch with him when we can.6-I know there are always rooms availibe in Orange county should you choose to get away for a few days. Check the blog for availible times.FYI,
Richard

April 22 Blog - Coverage for April - May

To All:

This is to let everyone know that Hartley Barber and Richard Bluteau will be coming down to help out Stephen the weeks of May 8 - May 15 and May 15 to May 21 respectively.

Thanks to Hartley and Richard for this committment.

If you or anyone else you know is interested in covering for any remaining weeks in May or June, please let me know at:

dr.bill@wildblue.net

Cheers,
Bill G

Good News - Hospital Discharge Today, April 16!

Great News!

Stephen is being discharged today from Cedars' Sinai Hospital (Thursday, April 16th.).

George is picking him up to drive him home to the city of Orange. He will have his blood counts monitored via doctor's appoinments on a weekly basis. The second round of chemotherapy will get started depending on those blood counts being at appropriate levels.

Brian Grevatt will be down from Montreal from tomorrow April 17th until Friday, May 1st to stay with Steve and bring him to his doctor's appointments/treatment sessions.

Michael Grevatt will be down the following week, May 1 - May 8 to do the same.

Please let us know if you (or anyone you know) might be available to cover for any remaning weeks in May (May 9 - 31).

Thanks very much,
Bill Grevatt

April 8th Update on Stephen

Hi,

I just wanted to give everyone the latest update on Stephen.

1. The chemo-therapy is working very well so far.

2. Steve's white blood count is down and it usually takes 10 - 28 days after chemo for the count to get back up where it needs to be. The white blood cells are important in order to fight infections.

3. As a result Steve is receiving some antibiotics to combat the threat of any new infections.

4. Claude and Sandra Moreau will be visiting this long weekend from Montreal (April 10 - 13) and will help Steve out around the house should he be discharged from the hospital.

5. It is not unusual for patients in Steve's situation to be delayed returning home, as there are a lot of factors that need to be stabilized first.

Happy Easter,
Bill G.

Care for Month of April & Further Discharge Delay

To All,

I just wanted to let everyone know that our brother Brian has booked to come down from April 17th - May 1 to drive Steve to his doctor's appointments/treatment sessions and help him out around the house.

Between now and then, should Steve be discharged from the hospital, there are a number of volunteer drivers from the Orange City area (the Wolfpack) who can drive Steve to his appointments.

Right now, a high temperature, low platelete counts, and acid reflux are working against a discharge from the hospital.

In terms of visiting Steve in the hospital, support for him is great, but so that he doesn't get overly tired and to see if we can make sure he has a visitor each day, we'd like to develop a visiting calendar. So if you want to visit Steve in the next couple of weeks, please let us know at dr.bill@wildblue.net what day(s) you're available by Monday, April 6th. We can then set up and post a calendar the next day.

Once he's discharged, we can develop and post a schedule of who can drive him to appointments and do other errands as needed.

Thanks again for everyone's support and understanding.

Bill Grevatt