update on tim...

...someone said something to me today that made me realize that i have been updating everyone on symptoms and stuff but not really on tim.

tim is being kept in a very "happy place". they have him on a pain management pump that delivers pain medication all throughout the day and night. they are also giving him a large amount of stomach medication throughout the day and night which seems to be calming him down a bit. when he is not being poked and prodded he mostly wants to sleep.

he has a sore nose with a large blister on top and two sore spots on his neck (one of which they took a biopsy and left two stitches). the spots on his neck are very sore and tender to the touch. his tumors in the inside of his chest area are still causing him some pain and tomorrow he is starting radiation for pain management.

the blood clot in his lung has been no problem, other than the fact that he doesn't like the shots that he gets in his stomach to thin his blood.

today he received platelets and tomorrow he will get two units of red blood cells.

he is tired of all the doctors coming in...being at a teaching hospital is somewhat trying at times but necessary. right now he is being seen by: hematology/oncology doctors (usually 6)
radiation therapy doctors
infectious medicine doctors (always 4)
GI doctors (usually 4)
dermatology doctors (always 5)

he is still running fevers of about 102, but he doesn't seem to have as many chills as he did on monday.

so...that is about it. nothing really startling or new today.

thanks for checking in.

tim and tammy