not well

I don't know if I was misinformed or if I misunderstood, but Joe told me tonight that the cancer is in his brainstem. He didn't ask he doctor how bad that is, and I've been looking online and I can't seem to find anything about that. Joe's condition seems to be getting worse all the time. He's thrown up at least 10 times today, and as of 7 this evening had only eaten a jello cup. His head hurts so much that he can't tolerate any light at all and can't even really carry on a conversation. For the time I was there he was clearly in massive amounts of pain. The doctor put him on a deladum drip which means he will receive constant painkillers, but I told him that it seems like a migraine and he should ask the doctor if migraine drugs might do more for him. He asked me to pray for him A LOT, and I'm sure your prayers would be appreciated as well. The bone marrow biopsy is tomorrow morning, and I hope that they will start the next round of chemo after that because if that's what it takes to get rid of that headache then they should get on the ball! As his white blood cell count is 7, and his platelet count is 550 *!* I personally see no reason for them to wait. I know that they wanted Joe to go home between, but he obviously can't go anywhere in his current condition. It seems quite unfair really, that he waited all this time for his counts to get higher and now he can't enjoy it. On the up side, visitors no longer have to wear masks! Send all those good vibes Joe's way, he needs them now more than ever!