Falling BP

Dave's BP starting out at 129/94. By noon he started having pain left side of his ribs and took a couple pain pills, I called to see if we could come to radiation a little early to see the MD. This may be a sign the left lung is opening up, but wanted to be sure. Then he started feeling dizzy and his BP was 90/64. It took awhile to get him to the car. By the time we got to radiation he was complaining of stomach cramping and nausea (can mean low BP). We were waiting for the nurse and Dave started feeling more nauseated.....so I just pushed him into the room with the BP monitors and got his BP...it was down to 64/44. Then he got clammy and said he was going to pass out. "please get a stretcher". Everyone helped and Dave felt better with his feet up. They paged the MD and we went to the infusion clinic for 2 liters of fluid. He's much better but still a little dizzy and BPs staying in the 90s. We talked with the oncologist and we're going to give him IV fluids 3x/week until he's drinking better. What a day.

Hope it's better for Dave tomorrow.