The day started off great! Brittany said as soon as she walked in this morning, he started singing Happy Birthday to her. Really made her day and mine too when she texted me to tell me. Said he had just had a bath(sponge) and he looked great.
Staff meeting all day today and I get to the hospital to a totally different situation. Still concerned about his stomach. Very swollen and they said he was hurting in his stomach. So Dr ordered to stop the feeding tube for a day or so. They gave him some pain medicine and said that calmed him down quite a bit. Dr Fredericks(on call for Bergeron who is off today) came in and told family kidneys still not functioning right and calcium is still too high. Ordered a PICC line to be inserted becuase he isnt getting hydrated fast enough. Said we can give medicine through this and can also do chemo through it.
When i got there at 5:15, he was OUT. Come to find out they had doubled his morphene from 4 to 8. Why I am really not sure but he never even knew I was there tonight I dont think. Hopefully we will go back to 4 at a time. Took xray of stomach to see what was going on there. Waiting on those results. Overall, not a very lucid alert day:(
Please continue to pray that we can get his calcium number down and his kidneys functioning right. Also that whatever is wrong with his stomach is minor. We HAVE to get to the chemo part.
Tonight I left the hospital about 8:20. Partly because Haileigh asked if I was coming home before she went to sleep and partly because it was time for a "hide in the closet" breakdown. It is so hard to see anyone you love like this, but when you have seen one parent like this, its even harder to go through again. Its de' ja vu all over again. Same floor, same hospital. Thank God for my family and friends. And all of daddy's friends! It has meant so much to all of us(including him) that you have called, come by or just checked in with us. Please dont stop! Some of you have asked to call or come by.. which is fine but he is just not always up to talking. Thought I would give my address in case anyone wanted to send a card or note or anything. 4800 Weaver Rd Lake Charles, La 70605.
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Leslie --
ReplyDeleteWish I could hug you right now, but please accept a loving embrace from afar.
I think cards will be a great thing. Those would be real tangibles Frank could look at and realize how much he is being thought about. So, friends and family, let's rally.
Again, thank you for keeping us up-to-date. Kim