CHEMO

Dave finished his chemo yesterday - hooray!! Over the last couple of days, he has developed more shortness of breath and, of course no calorie intake. 4 a.m. today, his oxygen saturation dropped to 70; not good. They were finally able to get the oxygen level up as to avoid him being intubated and moved to ICU. The levels have held pretty good throughout the day. He has a large pleural effusion (sac of fluid) in one lung and are treating that with Lasix. That seems to be helping as he is now breathing better and peeing a lot!

He also ate today. I think it finally sunk in that food is a must if he wants to get better. He had a quarter of a egg salad sandwich, about 1/2 cup of split pea soup and half a piece of cheesecake along with two cartons of milk. Not bad considering he hasn't eaten in 6 days.

Because of a huge bed sore on his backside, he is now on an air bed, which should also help with the healing.

As for me, I'll be sleeping in his room tonight for peace of mind. Oh, by the way, it's a beautiful sunny day in Seattle.