Monday, November 23, 2009
Monday morining
Well, Pop didn't eat as well as I would have liked on Sunday but at least he held it all down. I wish I could say the same for this morning but I can't. He ate very little breakfast and lost it all before we ever made it to the first appointment. We fought our way through the lab work and then the doctor's appointment. We only had about an hour and a half before he was scheduled for his infusion and he didn't want to walk all the way back over to the Hope Lodge and have to turn around and come right back. We decided to hang out in the waiting room until time for the appointment. I found a blanket and folded it on top of my bag for a pillow so he could lay down on the couch. This waiting room is huge and you see people basically laid out all over the place. I understand why now. After a cat nap he sat up and felt nauseous again. I headed back to the room to get is nausea meds and he headed to the rest room. When I came back he had a garbage bag that he took from the restroom sitting beside him. He had not gotten sick but brought the bag just in case. I had to laugh at him. I guess when you feel sick, you have no shame. In that waiting room no one even gave him a second glance because I am sure they all understand. They finally called him back and started his IV. They administer Benadryl to him first before the trial meds. The Benadryl makes him sleepy so I was hoping they would bring lunch and he could eat a little before he started dozing, and they did. He slowly ate a ham sandwich, a bag of chips, and a box of raisins. The chips were good to him so I went and bought another bag from the cafeteria. He also ate two pickle slices which I had brought in my bag. He was able to keep it all down by just eating a few bites and then dozing. I told him from now on I was gonna keep feeding him benadryl and just wake him up enough to eat. It is 3:30 now and we are back at the room and he is SNORING. He has to be back for radiation at 4:30 so he can keep snoring for now. I will update later today. Shannon
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Banana cream shake ensure and wild berry ensure is on its way!
ReplyDeleteGood, I went to the pharmacy and they have this thickening mixture you can add to the drinks to give them the consistency of pudding. I will go ahead and get it when we go back for radiation.
ReplyDeleteOh and by the way he had lost 11 pounds in the last 21 days. Aaron Becker said we definately need to see the nutritionist. I told him that we have requested to see her twice and she still hasn't contacted us. Dr. Chiappore basically said you may not like ensure or boost but sometimes you have to struggle through things you don't like... Basically he was saying eat it anyways. I told dad "which flavor would you rather struggle through?" He did say it would be easier to eat than drink.
ReplyDeleteHey, Weaver family glade to hear that Sam is doing okay.Wish I could lose eleven pounds that fast. Even when I did my chemo and radiation I did't lose no weight. But I drank some stuff called mona vive or something like that. Keep my blood level just fine plus I ate alot of Liver.
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