Update on Mike

I took Mike in today to get his blood work done and talked to the doctor about the pain and muscle aches that Mike is dealing with. They pulled him in a room and evaluated him. He is slightly dehydrated and his liver area is tender to the touch (new development). They are going to do a PET Scan next week once we get insurance approval to evaluate everything further.

They offered Mike fluids, but he insisted he wanted to go home. So we got the white blood cell booster and came back home. He went straight to bed and asked me to darkened the room and keep the noise down. He is in the "hyper sensitive" chemo mode.

My prayers are constant, my battle over fear is raging. I am wondering if there was a mixed up at the hospital and Mike got more chemo than normal. He has never reacted this strongly on the first dose of Taxotere. The doctor did say that Taxotere can cause muscle ache. The hardest thing right now is getting him to take fluids of any kind. He just feels so bad. He did do a tube feeding this morning and I will keep on him about the fluids and keep a close eye on his condition.

The positive note here is that they pulled Mike's blood work for Monday's chemo and since we are doing chemo in the hospital setting, they will order this VERY expensive but extremely effective nausea drug for our next go around. It will be covered under the hospital umbrella but not under the out patient in office chemo (go figure that one..). But that is a praise and "lemonade" with the hospital issue now. Plus, I have called everyone I can think of and registered complaints(nicely), so that hopefully Monday will go smoothly. That being said, there is no way Mike could do chemo in his present state. So all this may be for not.

Please continue to pray for Mike as he fights. Pray that he will eat more and really start pushing fluids. Pray for good news with the coming PET Scan. He is amazing, even with everything. He has said relatively little today, but he was quick to remind me on the way to the doctor that This is the day the Lord has made and we WILL rejoice in it.

Our praise today is for one more day and that Mike joined Elizabeth and her birthday party guests last night for cake. The 4 girls were gathered around the cake singing Happy Birthday to her and Mike was behind them on a bar stool singing and tearing up (girls didn't see). It was hard to hold it together. So many emotions flew between Mike and I in a split second of eye contact. What a gift - 12 years of an incredible gift.