Eat, Drink, & Be Merry

Ahhh. The last few days (compared to the two weeks prior) have been good. Rob has eaten almost like normal. Wahoo! He is still tired, but really, the last few days have been good. He was even making jokes. This is a huge thing, since last week, I think that he would have just assumed crawling into a six-foot hole. His nausea is just about gone (thus the eating).

We visited his oncology office to get some blood work done. His levels are pretty low (duh - he just had chemo), but not alarmingly so. He is highly susceptible to catching any kind of illness, so we try to keep people at bay. If someone comes to our home, we spray them down with sanitizer.

His oxygen levels were FANTASTIC! They were 98% on four liters of oxygen. They lowered it to two and tested him ten minutes later. It was 96%. They decided that we could leave it at two. I purchased a pulse oximeter so we could test his blood oxygen levels at home. No more guessing - or assuming that he is getting enough (or not) oxygen.

He is on day nine after his last dose of Levaquin (antibiotic). He is already noticing a difference how he feels; he is coughing more and he has more pain. Thank goodness for drugs to help ease the pain. Hopefully, this vicious cycle of pneumonia on and off again will end.

One week from today, he will have another round of chemotherapy. We are looking forward (with much trepidation) to the days following. We are preparing for much vomit and sleeping (hopefully not at the same time).