Quick Update

Cliff is still nauseous, but the good news is that he is done with his second round of chemo. We are ¼ of the way to remission. J His headache is starting to fade.

He is still not eating. He was supposed to be leaving the hospital today, but Dr. Turner won’t release him until he eats.

His phone has been blowing up with texts and calls asking how he’s doing, but he hasn’t realized it. He hasn’t touched his phone since Wednesday afternoon. He hasn’t been awake for more then 5-10 minutes at a time. When he talks you can’t understand what he’s saying because of the morphine.  He uses his hands to motion what he wants/needs.

He is actually quite pleasant to the nurses and techs, but he gives him mom and I “the look” when we are trying to do something for him. I know he doesn’t realize it, but we’ve already decided that we are going to give him a hard time about it later.

He’s tough. I told him this morning that when he eats and is less dependent on the IV meds he’ll be able to go home and see his babies. He started to eat ice chips so I think he understood me.

Also, I didn’t realize that you could set an alarm on his hospital bed. Every time he sits up or tries to stand the thing sounds and a nurse is here FAST.  I decided since he was knocked out from the morphine last night to go home and get some rest. I had him on bed lock down and he had no clue. J It was a peace of mind for me.

Thanks everyone for reading this blog and keeping up with how Cliff is doing.  Going into this round of chemo with a headache and nausea is what made this round so hard for him. Dr. Turner is going to take some extra measures on his next and last spinal tap, so hopefully this doesn’t happen again.