Thursday, November 19, 2009

Week of Chemo almost finished

The good news is that R. has been able to eat better than he has for a couple of weeks. Also his tumor fevers have decreased. He isn't having so many night sweats. All things to make us grateful.

The oncologist comes in twice a day. J. said there is a team of others (nutritionist, etc) who also check in periodically. His blood pressure has been too low some of the time and has stayed on the lower side. His calcium is getting depleted. He also has a lot of fluid in his lungs which is not a good thing. He is on oxygen because his counts are low. He's still coughing up a small amount of blood. The coughing agitates the blood vessels but he needs to cough the fluid up. He has enjoyed visitors from work. He also enjoys being able to work. He didn't do much work today because he was more tired.

J. has a stomach bug and she is hoping to recover quickly from that.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

That was a great update. The Loken's thoughts and prayers are with all of you daily. Thanks for posting information about Ross and what he is going through.

Say hello to him from the Lokens.

Tim