Mon., May 11, 2015: fourth round of chemo

Mike still has his persistent cough, so he's really tired.  Doc told us today that last Thursday's CT doesn't show anything (like pleurisy or pneumonia), but because it's been three weeks, he prescribed an antibiotic.  I'm not so crazy about that, because we have so much unnecessary antibiotic use in this country.

Doc mentioned a lymph node near the chest is about 1', but I didn't ask how that compared to two months ago!  Or compared to whatever the normal size is for that node. Argh. 

During today's chemo, daughter Brooke came to sit for an hour, and I got a play date with the granddaughter!  Remember, now, I was told at the last chemo that either I or another caretaker needed to be with Mike, because they weren't staffed to help him to the bathroom.  Hah.  Brooke texted me later, "The nurse is taking him to pee, LOL."  Talk-to-text couldn't quite translate me screaming, "Seriously??"

We are getting closer to getting overnight care here at home. 
I called four possibilities yesterday. Our location was too far for one. One call went to, "Voice mail has not been set up..."  A third hasn't answered my message.  And the fourth we will interview this week, but  he is currently helping his grandmother in California and might not be available until at least three weeks (and maybe not until two months). Mike wanted a male, because of the physical lifting, but I think I will open it up for women.........

Second day of chemo tomorrow will be very short.

We expected Mike to be scheduled for a scan in two weeks, but the doctor said today that with the CT last week, and the chest x-ray the week before, he will wait until after six treatments for a full body scan.  Two weeks after the sixth treatment will put us at July 6/7.