Monday, January 30, 2006

Rex did not have a good weekend. He started to feel nauseous on Wednesday. It progressively got worse on Thursday and Friday. He came home and started vomiting on Friday. It took everything in him to swallow two bites of food -- sheer will. He was extremely nauseous all the time. Nothing helped; his nausea medicine didn't help at all. He couldn't even take his chemo pills Sunday night. He didn't say ten words all weekend; he mainly laid in the bed except when he was in the bathroom. He lost ten pounds from Friday afternoon to Monday morning.

We didn't get to go out to eat on Saturday. However, we were able to have a last minute family get together here at the house on Saturday evening. My family all pitched in and helped get the food ready. Erin & Amber are accustomed to me decorating for birthday parties, so they got out some of the decorations that I keep year after year and did some decorating on their own. Rex was really nauseous but he managed to stay up in his recliner for the entire time that family was here. He didn't talk much and he certainly didn't eat but a couple of bites, but I think it helped him to take his mind off of how bad he felt. Amber was tickled with it.

By Sunday, Rex was getting dizzy (dehydrated). If he took a sip of Sprite or water, it would come back up within an hour. He wasn't able to make it Sunday morning to church which he was really hoping he would be able to do.

I called Dr. Tate's office this morning (Monday). They had us come in this morning to get Rex on some IV fluids and also to give him some anti-nausea intravenous medicine. He took 2 bags of fluids and a bag of nausea medicine. Before he even got done with the fluids, he also drank a can of ginger ale. He kept it down. After three hours of fluids, he felt much better. He came home and immediately ate a meal. It was like night and day compared to the weekend. The doctor told him that the few days after the chemo usually hit pretty hard.

Please pray that Rex' nausea will stay under control so that he can continue to eat and drink. Also, pray for continued wisdom in Rex' course of treatment. I am still doing my research on this stuff, and I want to be able to discern the good information from the useless information.
It would also be great if he could continue to work since he carries the insurance that's helping cover all of this stuff.

"Even in the valley, God is good!"

Thanks,

Donna Meadows