The hospital has has done a 180 on us. It seems like every doctor has a different answer. Now they are saying that they can put in the port for his chemotherapy. They are saying that the doctor's apprehension yesterday was actually overreaction on her part. We just don't understand how one doctor can say it's a really bad idea, and the next thinks it's a great idea. They will be surgically putting dad's port in this afternoon. He will be released from the hospital a few hours after the surgery, so he'll be home tonight.
The good news, dad has tested negative for C-diff, so hopefully he won't get dehydrated again. They will be delivering dad's new tube feeding formula, with fiber, this afternoon, hopefully this will help dad's diet. The blood thinner that he will remain on will be administered through a shot to the abdomen once every day, that should be fun to do.
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Dear Peter,
Home again on Wednesday, as last reported by Matt, and we know you are happy to once again be in your own surroundings.
The C-Diff proved negative so that was a big plus, and the adjustment in the feeding formula should settle down problems that dehydrated your system. Blood thinner injections certainly are an uncomfortable nuisance but necessary to get rid of those pesky blood clots.
Certainly not much fun for you at this point in time but hopefully the ups and downs of healing and adjustments will eventually settle into a comfortable systemic routine and you will be on your way back to the Peter you once were before all this annoying divergence began!
Don't get discouraged - easy for everyone else to say - but just take one day at a time and with all the family and friends and medical expertise helping in whatever way they can, time will pass and healing will continue and one day you will just be looking back and saying, glad that ordeal is over and boy I am NEVER going to climb that treacherous mountain again!!
Love to you and all the family...
Rosemarie and Bill
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