Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
HEADING HOME!!!
Dad just called to tell me that the appointments for lab work and with the surgeon and nutritionist all went well and that he was released to come home. They are heading back to Sugar Land right now from MD Anderson to pack and will be driving back to Cleburne tomorrrow!
He will head back to Houston for follow ups in August but won't have any additional treatment in the meantime. For now, he will keep a food and drink diary for weekly submission to the nutritionist and the surgeon's physician assistant. He will still have the feeding tube for awhile but they are adjusting it to only be connected at night so he can be "untethered" during the day. No travel for awhile still, esp. because of the feeding tube, but he says his energy level is improving. Mom said the surgeon called Dad a "stellar patient" in part to how he looked, how he responded to the chemo/radiation prior to surgery, and recovery thus far.
As you can imagine, I am very excited, relieved, happy and a whole host of other emotions!
He will head back to Houston for follow ups in August but won't have any additional treatment in the meantime. For now, he will keep a food and drink diary for weekly submission to the nutritionist and the surgeon's physician assistant. He will still have the feeding tube for awhile but they are adjusting it to only be connected at night so he can be "untethered" during the day. No travel for awhile still, esp. because of the feeding tube, but he says his energy level is improving. Mom said the surgeon called Dad a "stellar patient" in part to how he looked, how he responded to the chemo/radiation prior to surgery, and recovery thus far.
As you can imagine, I am very excited, relieved, happy and a whole host of other emotions!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
"Home" Stretch?
Well, it's Wednesday and we're hoping that Dad gets the green light to head home to Cleburne when he has his post-surgery follow up appointments tomorrow AM. Cross your fingers! Mom and Dad haven't been home since Sun. 4/26 so I'm sure they are anxious to get home and sleep in their own bed again.
Here's a picture Mom sent me from Jon & Crystal's visit last Thursday.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
He's out of the hospital!
Hi folks,
Dad left MD Anderson this afternoon about 2pm and is settling in at Mom's cousin's house for the next week or so. Let's hope he's a good houseguest! ;-) Hopefully he'll be up for a picture soon so you can see for yourself how he's doing post surgery. I understand he's maintained his weight relatively well bouncing between 200-210 lbs.
Dad left MD Anderson this afternoon about 2pm and is settling in at Mom's cousin's house for the next week or so. Let's hope he's a good houseguest! ;-) Hopefully he'll be up for a picture soon so you can see for yourself how he's doing post surgery. I understand he's maintained his weight relatively well bouncing between 200-210 lbs.
Release from Hospital
There was a rumor about this yesterday but I didn't want to post it until I knew for sure. Dad is being released from the hospital today! He called me this AM to confirm and he seemed very upbeat about it. He can't head home to Cleburne just yet but hopefully after his follow up on Thu. 5/21 he will be able to. So they will be hanging out in Houston until then with Mom's wonderful cousin.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Weekend Update
Dad seems to be making a turn for the better. He ate some Honey Nut Cheerios w/2% milk on Saturday and has been drinking orange Gatorade. They removed his fall risk wrist band and we got the pathology report back. The tumor they removed had shrunk 50% and was less than 2 cm when they removed it. The samples they took during surgery all came back negative for cancer too! Of course this is really good to hear.
He seems to be resting better and trying to work solid foods back into his diet. Depending on his review today, he may be discharged on Tuesday. We are not sure if he will have to stay in the Houston area for 5-7 days or if he'll be able to go straight home.
Cross your fingers!
He seems to be resting better and trying to work solid foods back into his diet. Depending on his review today, he may be discharged on Tuesday. We are not sure if he will have to stay in the Houston area for 5-7 days or if he'll be able to go straight home.
Cross your fingers!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Friday
Hi everyone,
I'm glad to report that Mom & Dad were finally able to see the doctor at the same time to recap the week. Dr. Pisters had been out of town which we knew but then Mom was missing the doctors when they were making their rounds since it was before she would arrive or after she would head out for the day. Anyway, they had taken several x-rays of Dad's chest and abdomen area and a CT scan this week. They were monitoring what turned out to be a pocket of fluid that was in his abdomen area caused by a leak near his stomach and intestine. The leak seems to have sealed itself based on today's x-ray and that may have been what was causing Dad's pain. Dr. Pisters thought Dad looked good and was doing well. They will see how he does over the weekend and go from there. Hopefully now that the leak seems to be ok, he will be able to resume his strolls around the nurse's station and breathing exercises to workout his lungs.
Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers!
I'm glad to report that Mom & Dad were finally able to see the doctor at the same time to recap the week. Dr. Pisters had been out of town which we knew but then Mom was missing the doctors when they were making their rounds since it was before she would arrive or after she would head out for the day. Anyway, they had taken several x-rays of Dad's chest and abdomen area and a CT scan this week. They were monitoring what turned out to be a pocket of fluid that was in his abdomen area caused by a leak near his stomach and intestine. The leak seems to have sealed itself based on today's x-ray and that may have been what was causing Dad's pain. Dr. Pisters thought Dad looked good and was doing well. They will see how he does over the weekend and go from there. Hopefully now that the leak seems to be ok, he will be able to resume his strolls around the nurse's station and breathing exercises to workout his lungs.
Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers!
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