Skip to main content

The week after continues

Tuesday: We had a 10am appointment with the Palliative Doctor and his team.  (the Dr, the Nurse Practitioner, and the Social Worker)  Dr. Nguyen is Karen's favorite doctor.  He is kind, brilliant and thinks Karen is great.  He happens to be really good with Brace too.  :)  

So Dr. Nguyen came to see Brace everyday in the hospital, so he knows Brace's humor.  The nurse and the social worker had only seen Brace when he couldn't talk so they were blown away with Brace's larger than life personality.  I was like, "Look he might be smiling and saying jokes here and there, but he is extremely miserable and weak.  He barely was able to stand up in the elevator and come to this appointment."  The woman just laughed and said, "But look at him, he looks so much better than last time.... "

So what we got out of the appointment is Dr. Nguyen said he should take the medicine we got in the hospital and it would probably help with his nausea.  I was pretty scared of the medicine, because when we used it at home after the hospital it made him very sleepy.  When you are throwing all day and not eating, maybe sleeping all day is a great thing?  

At night Stacie and Nathan White came to visit and bring us some soup. 

Wednesday: No doctor appointments.  The amazing Ammon Harps and Julie Balhorn went back up to Arrowhead in the Glee car to program the exterior cameras, doorbells, door locks and google hub.  Brace struggled keeping his food down and it was pretty much a miserable day. 

Thursday: This morning Lynda, my sister, came to visit from up North.   Brace didn't eat very much formula today, but he was able to keep about 2 cartons of formula down.  At this writing he hasn't thrown up once by being very careful how much he ate and trying to not move too much.   That was the big goal today.  We are hoping by this weekend he might not be so fragile. 

Today in the mail we received the fart machine with a note and picture from Scott & Kandee from Garage Doors Unlimited from San Diego.  Brace got a good chuckle out of that.  Those of you that know me, know that I only shop online so I get a lot of packages.  I just open them and then look.  So I open the package and there is a fart machine and I know that must be for Brace.  :) . As my girls would say, if I could just look at that address I wouldn't have these problems. 

Thank you's
*******************
Garage Door Unlimited for your note and package. 
Webber Boys for still doing the trash.... 
Thank you to Martin, Ammon and Julie for keeping the arrowhead project moving forward. 







Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Brace never complains

Brace is pretty stable. Friday was a bad day at radiation. The new mask was way too tight and he wasn't happy about it. We talked with Alice and the techs and hopefully they will have that resolved by Monday's appointment. On Friday Drew and Kathleen Himber came to visit us. (They live in Chicago these days) Brace felt pretty good today and he was able to eat a few bites of food. He seems to really likes drinking ice water right now and we hope that doesn't go away with chemo treatment starting on Tuesday. Brace... never complains never feels like a victim never asks why him Karen... feels positive in the morning feels overwhelmed at night What to Pray or Fast for? We are worried about chemo next week coupled with radiation. (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) This will be round four and every time he does chemo he gets sicker than the last time. They will add a nuepogen shot on Friday. Thank you's... Bob Demmon for driving on ...

Chemo Week Round 4

I'm sitting here in our adjustable bed (we are spoiled) with Brace listening to Jesus is Just Alright with Me while I finally update the blog.  That is a great song....  I also like The Spirit in the Sky, but Brace is not convinced it is as good as Just Alright.  He accidentally hit my song and we're listening to Spirit in the Sky. Short Version: Brace has chemo this week (3 days) and radiation ends tomorrow! Next week should be awful. Saturday Star Wars:  So Brace felt pretty stable Saturday.  When Corte Haggard took him to radiation last week he got him all jazzed about Star Wars.  So at around 3:30 we went to Foothill with James and Kjarstin to see Star Wars.  Brace was decked out with mask and gloves.  We enjoyed the movie but it wiped him out and so we headed home to try to go to bed early. FLOOD: James and Kjarstin had been working on some Glee projects in the music lab so they headed to Glee after the movie. (Tender me...

MRI, no Brain Surgeon, Friday Radiation

Liver MRI : Brace had an uneventful MRI this morning. It takes a while for the write-up and CD. After talking with Dr. Carroll the other day I'm not that worried about it. He then ran to LA to work with a client today. Trust: One of my clients is an estate lawyer and was kind enough to meet with me this morning to setup our family trust. Everything should be set by next week. If you need a referral, she was amazing and gave me great advice. Dana and LouAnn Lake came to visit Brace this afternoon from Arizona. It was a treat to see them. I forgot to take a picture. Brain Surgeon : He was on call at the hospital and had two surgeries. We postponed out appointment to next Wednesday. Fast Radiation: We are coming home now from radiation. It was his fastest yet. He doesn't complain or freak out, which they said is uncommon. Until we did this I had no idea what radiation on your face really meant. We are thrilled with the doctors and the techs her...