I saw Dad last night and brought him dinner which he loved - Chicken Bundles with gravy and Cherry Turnovers - yum! He was in a great mood and seemed to have a near normal amount of energy. He did start to wear down pretty fast around 9 p.m., but heck, so do I!
He has lost a bit more weight and is down to 204 - over a 65 lb. weightloss from a couple months ago. His pants are falling off, and his skin is fighting a good fight trying to tighten up after such a rapid loss. His hair has all fallen out except his eyebrows (I told him I'd draw them in if they fell out - so I think he's kept them out of sheer willpower!) and arms. I'm curious to see how his hair grows back in, some people get more hair, or it goes curly, or turns red, or some other strange thing. I have my fingers crossed for just such a thing - a head of thick, curly, red hair. Who's with me?
Anyway, everything seemed great UNTIL I got a call from Becky today. Looks like he was up vomiting around midnight and was told by UCSF to go to the ER. (NO, it wasn't my cooking!) So, off they went. Turns out he has Gall Stones that need to be removed. They diagnosed this 2 months ago at Feather River, but I think the Leukemia diagnosis orvershadowed that and they were pretty much forgotten about and never dealt with.
He had an ultrasound today and is waiting on talking to a Dr. about what that showed. I'm guessing they won't do surgery until tomorrow or, most likely, Monday. Until then, he's on morphine to help with the pain, a liquid diet, and more blood transfusions to get his low platelet count back up. I'm not sure how long he'll be in there, or how that affects the schedule for chemo at UCSF.
Here's a website for some info on Gallstones: http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gallstones/
Jen
Hi dad!!! I'm sorry to hear about the er visit. I hope you can get feeling better. Don't like hearing your in pain or hurt :( hi Becky!!!!!! Your both doing great. I love you dad!!!!!!!
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