Bringing P home every day has lengthened the days significantly. (Since we’re heading to Vegas right after breakfast and stopping by the store on the way home.) It also means that I post the last update this blog close to midnight EDT.
It is a little frustrating that he still had not received his Chemo treatment after five days in the hospital. The whole reason for going into the Emergency room was to speed up his first treatment and stop the cancer from eating up his organs. Going into IMU may have been the cause of the delayed treatment. (They apparently avoid traversing zones of care, floors.)
Nothing worth repeating about breakfast or the trip to the hospital this morning except maybe the parking lot was completely FULL today.
When I got to dad’s room he was receiving his second Chemo dosage. He had good color and his temperament was about normal, so the Chemo didn’t seem to affect him much.
We went for our lunch break about 11 like we have for the last couple days, they had Taco’s and I pigged out. I had four of them. We headed back up to dad’s room and he got his lunch a short time after his Physical Therapy session. (Taking an assisted walk.)
The coolest thing I’ve seen in days was watching my dad dig into a meal and enjoying it. I am not sure but I think my dad could taste his food for the first time in months! He was eating feverishly until his hip started bothering him. The pain got so bad he called for some pain medication. By the time the doctor showed up he was writhing in pain. The doctor prescribed 4ml of Morphine. It was another 10 minutes before the nurse came in with the syringe. As soon as she administered the dosage dad started drifting away. It wasn’t 3 minutes and dad was sound asleep. S came to visit an hour later and dad was still sound asleep. As a matter of fact dad was still too groggy to follow a conversation at 5PM when we left for the day. S and the nurse requested the doctor change the dosage to 2ml from now on.
Talked to his brother and we confirmed the travel plans for Thursday. P is driven to her appointment at 7 am by a neighbor. M + K packs their belongings and drives the van with the scooter to the hospital at 8AM. Brother rents a car and drives to the hospital at 10AM. P arrives with neighbors to visit Dad sometime after 10:30. We visit with Dad until about 5PM and his brother takes us to the hotel for the evening. He and wife drive the two vehicles and P back to Pahrump. M + K flies home on Friday.
Scooter notes; P’s GoGo scooter is a super piece of equipment. It’s fairly light, it turns on a dime and it’ll easily out run a good jogging pace and not need a charge at the end of the day.