Mondays are the days that the doctors make their rounds at UPMC Passavant Cancer Center and today Sam met with Dr. Chen, his Radiologist. Dr. Chen said that Wednesday will be Sam's final radiation treatment. Hooray! He said that Sam will feel awful for the next two weeks but should start to feel better after that... at least there is a turning point in sight.
Aside from weighing 132 pounds (a 32 pound weight loss since June 14th), Sam's vital signs (blood pressure142/72, heart rate 92, temperature 99.4) are pretty good and today his blood chemistry was okay. We will be keeping a watch on his temperature and blood work since those were the factors that put him in the hospital the last time.
Last night and this morning we and several thousand others in our area were without electricity because of high wind gusts from the remnants of Hurricane Ike. That meant no shower this morning as we have a well pump which runs on electricity. It's funny how having a morning shower can make the difference between feeling refreshed or grumpy. I can only imagine the suffering the people in Galveston and Houston TX must be experiencing. I will remember them in my prayers tonight and be grateful for little things like electricity, my own comfortable bed and all the other comforts of home. It's that perspective thing - keeping mine in tune is sometimes a work in progress.
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