GET WELL, PLEASE!!!!!

I'm a little bit guilty for not doing a good job on posting, but not really sure if anyone reads it anymore. I'm also addicted to Facebook, so I post a lot on there. Anyway, it's been quite a battle with Dave since his radiation. He just hasn't felt well at all, although he puts on a good front. He hasn't had much appetite and is weak and nauseated most of the time. I called D.J. to come down Thurs. night (just on a whim) and it ended up being a good thing. By 12:30 p.m. we called the ambulance to transport Dave as he was so weak, vomiting, and feverish that we couldn't transport him to the ER by ourselves. He was very dehydrated (although he had 2 bags of fluids at the oncologist's office earlier in the day) and his BP was extremely low. He was admitted and is in the hospital but doing much better. He's doing really well, but still runs a low-grade fever and his BP drops when he stands so they don't want to release him yet. They have started him a few different antibiotics to cover all bases. Lungs are clear, urine is okay (don't tell him I said that), and his blood cultures have shown no growth. They are giving him a unit of blood today as he is somewhat anemic. Of course, as usual, I'm trying to stuff food down his throat, but he isn't having anything to do with that. Sometimes I just don't know what else to do. I always remember "you have to feed a fire", right?

I'm very thankful we are living in Kalispell now as it makes it much easier for us. Dave's brother, Richard, came over first thing this morning and plowed me out so I could go to the hospital. THANK YOU, RICHARD!!! Will keep an update. (you can always be my friend on Facebook too!