Haven’t heard Ed laugh in quite a while so it was nice to hear laughter coming from the room when he opened this email from Greg. Greg is the husband of Rosemary (Kim’s cousin). Thanks Greg!
They had her scheduled for surgery to remove the appendix but when Dr. Zweig came in he didn't feel that it was needed. He is an incredible doctor and he wanted to talk to the surgeon first, before they went ahead with surgery. We waited about an hour and found out they canceled the surgery and she will be coming home with antibiotics and pain meds. When Kim was telling Dr. Zweig about the pain…
Every day we tucked at the little hairs on his head and they were always held firmly in place….. until yesterday. He noticed he could pull clumps out with his fingers so we decided to do the baldy bean shave. Even his mustache hairs were falling out and laying neatly on his shirt – so that went, too. He feels good and is looking forward to sitting in his chair and watching all the football games….…
Ed saw Dr. Underhill today – the surgeon who did the biopsy – and he said that everyone was very surprised by the pathology report. No one expected it to be cancer, except Dr. Zweig who stood by his original diagnosis and we can’t wait to see him on the 5th. Dr. Underhill says that he credits Dr. Siegel with moving forward with the biopsy even though none of them felt Ed would be their…
Ed had a good day, yesterday, and a restful night. It’s good to see that he has an appetite and even though he says he isn’t hungry – he eats everything on his plate. Tim is taking us back to the hospital today for him to get his shot. That is to help boost his white cells and he’ll get that after every cycle of treatment. Andrew clued him in to how he may feel…
The chemo arrived at 5:15 and is on it’s way to helping Ed get better. He was a little anxious and edgy so they gave him Ativan… better known as the happy pill. It worked! It was nice to have Kim with me to share in the day and help to entertain Ed. It amazes her how he can be up talking one minute and out like a light, snoring, the next. He had his…
The nurse was here and explained in detail what they will be doing as far as his treatments. Today he will get one drug Ifosfamide for 90 minutes and they've already started him on the anti-nausea med. Tomorrow is another drug Carboplatin for 30 minutes and the third day will be Etoposide for 24 hours. He'll remain in the hospital while they monitor him and we're not sure how long that will be. After those…
Dr. Siegel was in to see Ed this morning and said the chemo will be given over the next three days and not all at once today. He wants to monitor the effect it may have on Ed's blood and his heart. It's good that he is being very cautious and taking it slowly. He had a good night and said he feels okay except for the pain in his stomach which they are…
Yesterday was a rough one for Ed. After having a good morning he started with the fever and no matter what they gave him, it kept going up. Then he had chills where the bed was actually shaking and making noise. This all lasted about an hour and then he was back to feeling okay. Whatever destroyer missiles he has inside are trying to attack the cancer, but it needs help and that is coming…