Saturday

Chris had a good night (for him) and his coughing is more productive. He's now realized that drinking a lot of water does help with the congestion, so that should give him some more relief. He has been successfully weaned off his pulse oximeter and is handling the lower oxygen without any problem. He does want the oximeter, but he'll need to wait until tomorrow, I'm not going to do much today other than go back to visit him around lunch time.

He did have some breakfast and has decided that he will eat several small meals a day so once we get through today he'll start getting down to the dining room for lunch and dinner or they will bring the food to him when I'm not there. He liked whatever it was they gave him for breakfast (I think it was some kind of fritatta) so that's a good start. As is the case with cancer patients he has lost a fair bit of weight but has recognized it and is determined to put weight on before chemo starts. He will get all the butter he wants... and then he can drink beer as that's a good source of calories. At this point it's more about the calories and avoiding some of the big Vitamin K veggies than anything else. I'm working on getting him to drink his coffee with less sugar.

He should be having his Physical therapy about now and the goal is to get him so he can get up and down the stairs by himself and also so that he can manage on his own. Now that he is comfortable with the oxygen and has taught himself how to relax and breathe we will probably be good with having the visiting nurses come by to check on him as well as setting up a buddy system so he knows which neighbor is home and how to reach them if there's a problem.

The oncologist mentioned that they did not put the original biopsy sample into the solution so once Chris starts chemo they will try to get another sample that can then be sent to Response Genetics.

Off for a much needed shower!