Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Well, it's been a month since I posted an update! Sorry! Holidays and having a baby really gets in the way of my computer time...  

He's been in, he's been out, he's been in again, and out again. He was in for his birthday on the 3rd, but that's a small price to pay when he was able to get home for Christmas and New Years, and possibly his anniversary too! Currently, he's home until after the first of the year. He's only got a couple of short little 4 day stays left and then he's on the oral chemo for two years. It will be nice to get back to some sort of normalcy after so many months of living in and out of the hospital.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

And, he's back at UCSF as of today. There was an open bed, and he took it. Should be a short stay and hopefully he'll be home by his birthday on Friday the 3rd.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Dad and Becky stopped by today to pick up a pumpkin pie. He looks better than he has in a long time! His hair is growing back but he's not too thrilled about the texture and style. He thinks the left side looks nappy, the right side looks like a surfer, and the top looks like Charlie Brown. I say, beggars shouldn't be choosers, and he should take whatever he can get! 

He called UCSF on Wednesday and they said they've put him on the schedule for this Saturday and he needs to call back to see if there's a bed available, which there probably won't be. There's a long list of people waiting for beds so he might be bumped for several days until one frees up. Until then, he seems to be enjoying feeling the best he has yet and even plans on doing some digging in his backyard. He's determined to get some sort of muscle tone back on his arms. He is not thankful of the new found jiggle...

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Dad was released from the hospital today after finding out that his stomach pain was due to some sort of internal bruising and nothing too serious, and "passing" a temperature check to confirm he did not have a fever. Not really sure how he managed to trick the nurse who was standing right there, but I image with a little twist of the tongue and a few little sips of cool air, he was able to get the reading around 98. 

Am I right, Dad?!

He's due to call the hospital back next Wednesday to see when he needs to check in again for another round. Once again, not sure if it will be a short or a long stay.

Monday, November 15, 2010

They kept Dad over today to try to run some more tests to find the source of the pain. They did some sort of scan and found an internal bruise somewhere under his last rib. They don't know how it got there, but they have him doped up on Dilaudid, Morphine, etc. to deal with the pain. So, once again, he's a bit loopy and has a hard time remembering things and conveying what he wants to say. Becky will try to call the nurses station to see if she can't get some better answers and see if he will in fact be released tomorrow.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Talked to Dad today, his drip was completed the other day and his numbers have dropped as they're supposed to, and now they're building him back up and getting ready to send him home possibly tomorrow.

The only problem seems to be having a lot of stomach pain and they ran some tests and don't see any reason for it. Hopefully they'll figure out what it is, or it will go away!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Dad waited around for several days until they finally had a room free today. He's down for a 36 hour methotrexate drip and then he should be home sometime around the weekend or early next week.

Still no idea what will happen after this treatment though.