On the 17th, Joseph went in for a transfusion,
and was told that he was being taken off clinical trials,
and that he should start to seek hospice services. By Friday, the 19th, he was as weak as a kitten, and couldn't understand or read lips anymore very easily. (he was also deaf) He took a fall that day, and when his housemate tried to help him up, he had no strength at all. He went in on Monday the 20th for a scan, but they couldn't complete it because of the pain.