wierd week...

one day tim can be fine and work and function and the next day he can hardly move and feel like a train wreck...perhaps he is pushing himself a bit more than he should...but who is to say.

this week (if all goes as planned) he will be having 7 teeth extracted. yes...that is 7 teeth (6 on one side and one on the other side). a sore mouth and a dentist and some antibiotic and x-rays and off to the oral surgeon...he will be sedated and they will be taking all the teeth at once. two of his teeth have just crumbled and broke off at the base of his gums leaving just the roots. at least two other ones are cracked and we are told that ALL SEVEN have to come out. so much for eating his way thru this thanksgiving holiday...perhaps he will be drinking his thanksgiving dinner this year. these chemo drugs have really played havoc with his whole system...i think we are only just beginning to see some of the wicked side effects that they warned us about.

we are a bit freaky about his two surgeries within the next couple of weeks because his platelets have taken a dive...he is down in the 30's again (a normal one would be 140-400 range) and that is not good when you are around someone holding a scalpel!!! pray his platelets jump back up a bit before they start cutting.

another issue this week is the retaining of the fluids...his legs are a mess by the end of the day. looks like he will be back on some lasix before long to try to help out with that. hopefully that is all that is going on with the legs...he has had quite a bit of pain and swelling in his one calf this weekend...we will keeping an eye on that while we are weaning him OFF his blood thinner and back onto the heparin shots.

today was just a day of R and R for tim. he had to keep his legs elevated to help keep the swelling down and he just was a bit out of whack today. i think we are all a bit out of whack...things are a little tense here with all these appointments coming up and i am coming down with a cold or something. feeling kinda under the weather so i am going to hit the sack early tonight.

we will update a bit more often with all the upcoming events and let you all know how things are going. oh...incase you see him and he doesn't recognize you right away...be patient. he got his "first ever" glasses and he is amazed how different everything looks. he is still in the getting used to them phase and gets a bit dizzy but he is getting more used to them all the time. the kids helped him pick out his frames...he looks good.

thanks for checking in

tim and tammy