Its almost over....

This past week was a big week, I was meaning to write an update sooner, but I was having issues with facebook. Earlier in the week was tough. Between the medications and lack of sleep, he was being quite delirous. It was really sad, and funny at the same time. After he took a trip out of the house on his own at 3 in the morning, I had to take the night shift and stay up to make sure I kept an eye on him so he didn't do anything like that again. That part was a lil bit scary.

On tuesday we saw the doctor, he decided to stop the Chemo therapy. He said that it has pushed him to the edge, and he didn't want it to push him over the edge. So since the chemo was what made the symptoms of raditation much worse, we were happy with that. The doc said that he was pleased with how many treatments of chemo that he actually was able to handle, he said most his patients don't usually handle that many. Also, the IV fluids that he was giving him DAILY the week before was helping. His lab work showed that his kidneys were functioning good, and that he was no longer dehydrated. So they cut that down to every other day, and less fluids. The only prob with that is that dad is supposed to drink at least a liter of fluid on his own, but that hasn't been happening. His mouth is still "on fire" and burns like crazy. There was one day where he was in so much pain he was refusing to go to treatment, we had to push him to go, and called the doc to ask what he can do, so they changed his pain meds around a little bit and that has helped tremendously!

On Thanksgiving day we didn't get to do the traditional thing. But just being together as a family was good enough. My sisters both came up there with us, and we took a drive to the coast. I figured since he couldn't have food, which he absolutley loves, then we could go to the second thing that he absolutley loves, the ocean. So that was a nice day, got him out of the apartment with no appointments or anything, we had a good time.

On Friday after his treatment, we came home for the weekend. On the way home we FINALLY found something that doesn't hurt him to drink. SWEET TEA from McD's. ha ha. I know it has a ton of sugar, but hey right now he isn't eating ANYTHING nor drinking anything, so as long as he can drink that, we are ok with it. On Saturday, we all went over to my Aunt's for a family Thanksgiving dinner. It kinda sucked cuz we all ate, and he didn't. It just hurts his mouth so much for any type of food to go in it. But at least he got to go over there and hang with the fam.

Today we are gettin ready to go back over to Palo Alto and start the LAST week of treatments! Well...technically this week, plus 1 day. He will have his last radiation treatment next monday. This weekend it seems like he has been doing great. His face is clearing up and looking ever so pretty! ha ha. It really is. All of you would be so shocked tho to see him WITHOUT A BEARD OR MUSTACHE! i have a bunch of pics...and later maybe he'll approve them to go on here, so you all can see. ha ha. The week before last he actually started experiencing the hair loss from the treatment, so this past week he decided to help it all out and just get rid of the facial hair.

I think this week is going to be a good week. Knowing that its the last week, plus he has been feel soooo much better. He has been sleeping well, and the pain meds are working like they should be. So please continue with the prayers! We love you all and thank you so much for all the support!