Hope to be released from hospital tomorrow

Dad is feeling quite a bit better and eating now, keeping it down! So most. Likely they will release him tomorrow. He will be glad to be home where only the dogs wake you up!

surgery went fine

They connected his stomach directly to the small intestine, bypassing the stricture. He will be in Joplin freeman hospital over the weekend, then come home feeling much better and stronger. Will probably skip this coming week's chemotherapy for recovery time. We are waiting to go see him in the recovery room now.

overnight in the hospital

Today they were unable to do the endoscope, as they found dad had ulcerated his esophagus with all that fun upchucking, so...they are keeping him overnight,and will do a surgery tomorrow, three tiny incisions and putting in a stent so he can start really eating again. The past few days were tough. The IV fluid will really help him too. Then, we'll see how he does the rest of the week and maybe skip chemo this coming week. Some patients do this therapy every other week, so if he needs the rest by golly, he's gonna get rest.

Some trouble with eating

Dad has been having occasional bouts of getting sick. This is making him lose weight and certainly not helping in the battle. The past couple days and especially last night were tough. It is probably not the chemotherapy but rather, the stricture in his duodenum which is not letting food exit his stomach. So, long story short, he is going to Freeman East tomorrow at 2pm to have an endoscope to check it out, and put in a stent if needed. Sure wish they'd done that a month ago. Will keep you posted.

two treatments done

After the first treatment last week, Dad had one or two days where he just felt wiped out, no energy. But this week, after the treatment which included the third med Oxaliplatin, he
 has been feeling pretty good, no exhaustion. He did, however, experience this drug's most common side effect, extreme sensitivity to cold.  He touched a frozen package of meat and it was like ice picks in his fingers. Yikes. And so he can't eat ice cream, which I imagine would be quite pleasant. Great, right at a time when he really needs the calories! Life is definitely not fair.