THURSDAY NIGHT & FRIDAY MORNING

Thursday Night 9:00 PM

Today was a long day for Gary. Monday and Tuesday seemed to be much better days for him but yesterday and today were not so hot.

Gary spiked another fever today and his sciatic nerve pain (down the left leg) proved to be incredibly uncomfortable. There did not seem to be enough pain medication to give him much relief throughout the past 2 days.

We are waiting for Dr. Phan (urologist) and Dr. Barth to come in tonight. His white counts are high (15,000) – they should be between 4,000-11,000. We will see what the good docs have to say.

We are watching dreaded reruns! I hate reruns!! Where are all the good shows? I need my TV fix. Zach is here spending the night and he spent the first part of the evening doing all of his homework. I had to take him to Sport Chalet today to get him new cleats. Thank goodness they were under $30 unlike Mr. Jax’s cleats!

If you read my blog from earlier this morning you would know that I am slightly sleep deprived today. I plan on getting to bed around 11 so that I can sleep until 5:45 and then get up and take Zach home to get ready for school. It will be great to see the kids off to school for the 2nd day in a row.

Our little bio debridement friends (you know – the “M’s”) seem to be settling in rather nicely. They were close to being microscopic when Dr. Bob placed them inside Gary’s wound this morning. I think if we are going to have any negative issues with regards to our little friends it will more than likely start to happen in the morning. As they begin to grow they get feisty and squirrelly. I hope it is not too unbearable for Gary.

Gary’s room is either frigid or it is an inferno! There is no inbetween and believe me I have tried to strike the perfect balance between the two extremes. I guess we should keep it cold and cover up with blankies although I know the “M’s” like it nice and warm.

I am taking the boys to the Angels Game tomorrow night and our weekend is PACKED with events. I hate weekends like that. I need the weekends to be a little slower paced so that I can take a breather. I guess this weekend will not be the weekend to do that!

Well, off to bed. I am super sleepy and Zach is begging for an Italian Ice!

Have a nice slumber and I will blog in the morning if anything interesting happens overnight.

Thanks to everyone who has visited Gary! Rob C. , you need to come when Gary is actually in the room!

Good night and sleep tight!
Love, L


FRIDAY MORNING 1:00 AM

Is there no rest for the weary? I have been awake for an hour trying to help Gary. He has a 101 degree fever
and is in tremendous discomfort. The pain seems to be primarily stemming from his left leg sciatic pain. We just gave him 5 mg of valium and will add Toradol in about ½ hour. His heart rate is up as well due to not only the pain but the fever as well. Synara (his nurse) gave him an extra bolos (IV pain dose) and he can push his pain button every 10 minutes (when he is completely coherent).
I really thought tonight would be better. Then, I stop and wonder why I ever thought that. Nothing that has happened today has been in that “positive” direction. All I can hope and pray for is a much better day tomorrow for Gary.
Zach is konked out next to me. I think he could sleep through most anything.
I will try now to sleep since Gary is knocked out right now. I am sure I will blog again as his fever will break and he will chill with sweats – that’s always fun for everyone!!

Sleepless in 834W,
L

FRIDAY MORNING 6:00 AM

Well, I got about 4 hours sleep which is NOT enough. I am taking Zach home in a few minutes so that I can get the boys ready for school and then I will come right back here and go to bed for a few hours. I hope I am able to do that. I know Gary will be gone from the room from 8:50 to 10 AM for radiation and then we will check on his little "M's"!