Trip to doctor was okay. She gave him some more morphine -- he never took the last -- scared of it -- but he will use it now. She had given him a pain patch, which we were hoping would keep the pain down at night, but it didn't do anything at all. So she gave him a prescription for double the dosage. Had some of the others left, so she said put two on him -- so I did -- so he got up too fast, fell on the floor and I couldn't find him. He was by the front door. Got a little stronger, stood up, I tried to get him to the couch, but he had to go to the bathroom -- got about one footstep and passed out completely. Called the squad (I swear they have to be male models before they let anybody on an emergency squad-WOW)they are right around the corner. He was conscious by the time they got here. Blood pressure was down a little. The EMT looked at the box of patches and said OMG that is Fentanyl -- no wonder he passed out. But he always comes right out of it and is okay in ten or so minutes. So he's okay -- but I'm not yet.
He will start another round of chemo next Tuesday. Erbatux this time. It's different every time. That is the chemo that can cause a terrible rash, so he will take one and then schedule one for two weeks after that. If he can take it without too bad a rash, will continue with it.
That's all for now -- Mom
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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