Recovery continues

Good morning from Suite 315-1, DMH.

(That's bed 1, room 315, Dekalb Memorial Hospital).

Round 3 of the chemo is now history, and I'm on Doc K's recovery plan. It became evident real quick that the oral meds I have been given to control the nausea due to the chemo drugs, and as a bonus, I have been getting dehydrated real quick right after chemo.

So Doc K's plan is to just check in to DMH after the third day of chemo, and get hooked up to an IV to prevent the dehydration and to get the anti-nausea drugs via IV. I'll be here probably until tomorrow morning, and after the next (and last) round of chemo at the end of May, come back for another 2-3 day rehab stint. Well worth it, as the staff here at DMH are wonderful, and I have not been sick at all this week. What a relief.

Things are looking better. I am now starting to be able to swallow and eat some things without a significant amount of pain, which means my esophagus is starting to heal up. Not pain free yet, but getting better. I have a new found love of popsicles!
Weight is (down/up) to 218 lbs this morning and pretty stable.

Had quite a few visitors yesterday, which breaks up the monotony of staring out the window and watching Farmer Smith's herd of Black Angus cows wander around the pasture. Engine 23 made a run past here yesterday evening - I sure can't wait to get back to the department! Thank you Chief Van Zile, Pastor Jess, Matt and Linda, and Greg. God has blessed me with so many wonderful friends!

Jessica will be graduating from Purdue a week from today - my pumpkin is all grown up! I will be sure to post some grad pictures as soon as I can.

More later. As always, I so appreciate your thoughts and prayers. I would not be here without God's grace and the power of your prayers, and for that, I thank you.

More later, God bless you all!

M