Dad's nausea and pain continued to worsen yesterday and last night. Despite a completely empty stomach, he hasn't been able to stop throwing up and when he tried even a couple bites of an apple, he couldn't keep it down. His scheduled appointment with the oncologist this morning resulted in an admit to the hospital to get some of these symptoms under control. The doctor was also very worried that the increasing nausea was a sign that the cancer had spread to his brain so they did an MRI - it was CLEAR! Dad wanted to jump up and kiss the doctor when we found out! As a neuropsychologist, his worst fears are brain mets.
Whatever they gave him at the hospital seemed to work wonders. Dad wolfed down his dinner and has kept it down and is already looking forward to his lunch tomorrow! It will be a tricky day because they now have to wean him off of the heavy meds and see how he does. Good news is, his old buddy from college is visiting for the weekend and just happens to be a physician who specializes in palliative care and pain management.
So a roller coaster day to say the least but we can all go to bed with smiles on our faces tonight.
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Rejoice in the little things, but also try not to let the daily roller coaster exhaust you. Love on your dad. I'm thinking of you.
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