Lew brought Tommy... Did I already tell you all this? I cannot rememeber, but Chris is happy to see Tommy and Lew even though he is sleeping on and off.. we watched the blood pressure go up and down this whole time...
I went to work for the afternoon... Lew and Tommy were still there... so he wasnt alone... By the time i went home after work, Chris told me they were gonna most likely move him to ICU
I go to the hospital.... They are moving him to ICU because they arent able to get his blood pressure up with fluids... Down in ICU, they can regulate all the meds better.. there is closer watch from nurses... There is indeed an infection in his blood.. so they started antibiotics... on top of other ones they began earlier
I packed up his clothes, the bag of snacks we had there (for when he was eating), his laptop, his blankets, my work bag and they finally get a room in ICU after midnight. by the time paperwork is done it is 1am or later...
When we get down to ICU (with his cart of stuff) its almost 2am.. I stuck around to make sure he was settled.. but had to go home to sleep to get up for a job fair early this morning (Thursday)... The ICU nurses quickly had me leave and wait in the waiting area while they got him situated...
Ugh... I just wanted to go home.. i hadnt slept last night
Here is Jenn (me)getting extra sensitive and cranky -- I was sooo tired
They took over an hour... and finally another nurse from the old floor saw me and went in and came to get me... Chris had been wondering where I was :( then i am told he cant wear clothes in there and i can take all that stuff home (this is my breaking point cus i am not carrying a cart full of stuff home at 230am... so i mentioned that i was not able to carry all that and she was nice (i guess..lol) and told me i could leave stuff too
anyways, chris is super sleepy so i said goodbye and went home...got 3 hours of sleep
Thursday morning I was so sleepy driving to my college job fair... then Lew brought Dad, Tommy, and Danny to the hospital.. Chris was sooo happy to see them
Basically, chemo round 2 is on hold because of this infection (woulda started today, but no way now)
They are gonna do a catscan of bowels...
He got blood and platelets today...
Catscan is to make sure there is no puncture or hole in the colon or organs..
The bacteria that went into blood is very sensitive to antibiotics, so over the next bunch of days it should slowly clear up... with his counts all so low, its harder to fight the infection. but there are tons of antibiotics they can "play" with if these dont work.. and hope the catscan is ok...
he clearly shouldnt have surgery now, so a hole or puncture would be bad
I came to see him by 230pm... his fam had just left
I rested next to his bed.. he is tired
Doctors came in and out... His oncologist (Dr Harrison) of this month stopped by...
He told Chris to rest and told me they arent doing the 2nd round of chemo... he said 10 days of recovery instead of 17 (cus they arent doing the 2nd round)... feels this chemo did the trick... he is hopeful that they gave him a "hell of a lot of chemo" and his bone marrow biopsy should hopefully come back good after what he just went through.. now we just have to get him through the infection... and move forward...
this is not going to be easy, he told me everyone loves chris and put his arm around me.. i asked him if he could run into similar bowel issues with the bone marrow chemo he will get before transplant and he said yes.... but we are doing everything we can to make it happen
he is a great doctor... i asked him if he believes in medical miracles... and he looked at me and said that "i have seen them plenty of times... but its not our doing... we do what we can.. and they happen" he winked... and i felt better... i know its just his opinion and best prognosis for now... but as long as i feel better, its comforting...
They all tell me that this infection from chemo is quite common... but poor chris is soooo icky and tired
anyways... they kick you out of ICU everyday for one hour during nurse change over... (7a-8a and 7p -8p) so since i havent slept in 2 days, we decide he needs rest as do i...
I go home... Jeanie and i just drove around and got coffee.. and now i am in a bed at home by 10pm.... sweet...
Lew will be back tomorrow and i am glad its friday! i will get rest tonight..
I will see chris on my way to work tomorrow morning... and then after work
Praying more... Hoping catscan is ok
love you all
God bless you all ... God Bless Chris... and everyone around him.. and the doctors and nurses...
Love you all
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