Mitt has been having a difficult time with pain. The oncologist changed his meds again. He is now taking 5 morphine every 12 hours, 2 Norco every 2-3 hours as needed for break thru pain, prilosec 2 times a day for heartburn and she prescribed a new drug, Dexamethasone which is a corticosteroid, he supposed to take it twice a day.
He vomits several times a day and sometimes during the night. So we don't really know how much of the medicine actually gets into his system. He also has 3 other drugs for nausea and vomiting. He's really sick and tired of all the meds. I really wish they could do more for his comfort.
He is stressed about Lacey's wedding this weekend and at this point I'm really not sure if he'll make it. The ceremony is at 7 pm which is late for him. He has such highs and lows during the day, it's really hard to guess how he will feel. So we will just see how he's doing; if he feels he can make it that's great, if not that's okay too. I keep telling him this but I can tell he feels bad about being so sick.
Today my dad, Vern turns 80! All of my family will gather in SD to celebrate his milestone birthday this weekend. Mike and I will be there in spirit. My dad is an inspiration to me everyday. When we called to sing him Happy Birthday he was outside building a new deck. He's the hardest working 80 year old I know. Love you Dad!
Again, I want to thank every one of you for your love, thoughts, prayers, cards and emails, each one is special to both of us. Please continue praying for Mike to have no suffering. Thank you.
Chris- I am so sorry for what you are going through. Please accept this as a BIG HUG around you and Mike, and I continue to pray for no pain. You and your family are always on my mind.xoxoxo
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Michelle Carlson
I pray that the new meds help to control Mitts pain. I love you both...Wish I could be there to give you a hug! Love, Darc
ReplyDeleteDitto on Michelle's and Darcy comments. I think about you and Mike every day. As for Vern being 80...just doesn't seem possible does it. I remember him always being busy when we were kids...never in house though. I remember thinking you guys had the coolest of fridges with freezer on bottom and you had ice cream. And Mavis being fashionable. And your brothers picking on you more than they did Carol...except Steve I don't remember him that way. Ha. I have blocked out most of my childhood so I might not be real accurate. Happy Fathers Day to Mike and your dad...may other people be blessed with good role models like them.
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