So tomorrow will be the same routine as today, but they will pull the port needle and apparatus out after his treatment and put another one in when he goes in for his next round of chemo in 3 weeks. Stay tuned for tomorrow's postings.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
2 days down...one to go
Dad finished his chemo a little after noon today...so it wasn't long at all compared to yesterday. His blood pressure and heart rate remained elevated, but the nurses checked with the doctor there (Dad's doctor wasn't there today) and she said it was probably due to the steroid that he got. I'll be watching for other signs tonight, but he's doing fine...working away & doing some more business. He ate a good lunch and drank a lot of water this morning. His urine output was fine this morning so he passed the test for that...his kidneys seem to be handling the situation just fine. His favorite nurse, Sara, helped him today so that was nice...we hadn't seen her since spring of '09 when he went through the other round of chemo.
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Hi Leo, Just got the link today and caught up on what's going on. I'm in OMA thru Fri then its back down south. I will drop a key in the mail this week. Let me know that you get it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are hanging in there just like always. You are tough, a lot like Grampa John. Wouldn't say ouch no matter what's going on. Can you also roll your own cigarette while walking on crutches???
All my positive energy is coming your way but don't send any hiccups my way. Send all those to Matt.
Take care... Laura
Hi Leo...hang in there, Laura is right you are a tough old bird like Grandpa John! I am sure that they are all watchin over you. As for the crutches and ciggies, try gum and walking shoes first
ReplyDeleteLove ya...Lou Ann
Leo & Linda,
ReplyDeleteThanks for re-sending the link. I'd lost it. Hopefully tomorrow goes as well as the last two days have. I'm just thinking here - with all that fluid intake how the heck do ya get any sleep at night? ha, ha
Here's to a good night and a great tomorrow!
~val
One more thing - I have a twitter account, somewhere, but I don't tweet. We have a gmail account but never go to gmail, it feeds directly to a different account. I'm not a writer, so I don't blog. All of thise to say, "I can't figure out how to get automatic emails of updates to a regular email account." If anyone can help out the handicapped here it'd be much appreciated.
ReplyDelete~val-who shall remain "anonymous"