Busy week...well for me

I have lots of inservices to do for my job this week...and travel. Leaving Dave for long days is hard, but my mom comes over and many friends are helping out. Dave started chest radiation again and had his IV infusion today. He's still not eating much. I keep thinking about ways to improve that..... including some double secret kinda manipulative ways. Today I suggested Dave just take bites of different foods to see if anything tastes good. We'll see how that goes.

Planning to stain the deck this weekend. Maybe finish a couple projects around the yard. Hoping to get Dave out for a fire, even if it's short. Will post if we do and everyone is welcome!

Small victories

Well, Dave had 1 scrabbled egg and applesauce for breakfast. YEAH! Trying to get in 3 healthy shots in today. He tried pasta...still tastes bad, so dinner was yogurt. Cutting down on milk products and I think he's a little better. I'm keeping 2 fingers crossed.

Dave's tummy and male drivers.......both can be bad

Dang! Dave went to get IV fluids this afternoon, my mom took him. He got dizzy twice and then had a couple "tummy aches". When asking him to explain it sounds like he's bloated and has cramping....so I'm wondering if it's all the milk products he's eating and drinking....??? Dinner tonight is peanut butter on celery and a pickle. Thank goodness for Healthy Shots. So that's the tummy part of the title.

For the male driver part (sorry I couldn't resist), I got in a car accident going to pick up prescriptions for Dave this evening. Little me (sorta little) in my RAV 4 slowed down to turn right into the pharmacy and there was a car there on my right side!!!!! It's one lane!!!!! He was not happy, he being the other driver. I held it together, no tears. The policeman said it was his fault, he argued....a lot and changed his story several time. "I was beside her....She was behind me...... I was behind her...." Oh, this was a good one "there's room for 2 cars there". It was his fault. My front right bumper is messed up, the left side of his car is messed up. I'm happy no one was hurt. Did I say he was wrong?

Dave has no appointments tomorrow. I did try to talk him into an assignment....eat food and drink. It's a battle that I won't surrender to, honest.

Getting out.... a little bit

Pictures: Chuck and Dave- desert, Sue and Lindsey keep the food coming; Mark, Chuck, Dave and Cookie; Wayne and Claudia.

We went to Lucus Mierau's high school graduation party today. Dave wanted to go and we stayed a little more than an hour. It was nice to see him smile and walk some. He ate 1/2 meatball and a brownie!! We've known Lucus and his older brother since they were born. Hard to believe the baby of their family is grown. Mom came with us to the celebration and then helped me trim the front bushes in between the rain when we got home. Dave's been up a couple more times and even went out on the front deck to visit with Phil and Loni. I really think things are looking up. There are more camp fires in our future and I'll let everyone know when to come!!!!

Weekend- really?

Dave went to get his 3x/week infusion yesterday, then napped. His hemoglobin is 9.7 (it was 9.4 on Monday). We hope that means it's starting to increase because that should help his energy. His voice is stronger and more normal now.

Tim and Joni came over and did some finishing touches on the deck in the afternoon. It's ready to stain....as soon as it's okay to stain. I'm still working on that detail. Dave didn't want to go out to dinner with us, he wanted to stay home and rest, so I went and left him alone. I'm starting to leave him alone for short periods again without feeling too worried. Hoping he'll start doing a little more this week. It takes so long to recover from being in the hospital like that. I remember the oncologist telling us back in December that it takes about twice as long as the chemo time to start feeling like "yourself" again. That would have been a year or so, but than he went through radiation and more chemo. He's such a great CW!

A Better Appointment

Dave doesn't have to see the oncologist for 3 weeks. He thinks things are looking up and Dave will continue to improve....and rest. We'll get a Chest x-ray before the next appointment to see how the left lung is doing. He feels Dave should move to another IV chemo that is tolerated better. Once again, no more Taxol or Carboplatin. Dave is willing to talk about it in 3 weeks. He walked part of the way up to the office today, but rested most of the day away. Thank goodness for Healthy Shots, he only lost 2 lbs this week. I'm working very hard to turn that around. I have an idea......

Already Hump Day

Dave gets a rest from radiation! He saw the radiation oncologist today and he's free until next Wednesday. I don't remember the total number of treatments he can have....but when he's done they'll wait 4 weeks and then check a CT scan. That's similar to the brain tumor treatment check.

So tomorrow all Dave has is an appointement with the regular oncologist at 11. He seems to be doing a little better everyday with the fluid replacement so far. We'll see how long that should continue. He ate some cereal tonight, just still gets "full" pretty quickly. I guess we were tired, fell asleep at about 8 pm. Let's see if we can get back to sleep again. :)