April 4, 2016: At the hospital

Mike has been dealing with mouth sores for one month now. They are extremely painful, to the point that has not eaten any solids, very little intake of softs/liquids, and very little water.  He started getting IV fluids every other day over the last two weeks.  

Yesterday he was doing so poorly I took him to the ER for fluids again (being Sunday, and no clinics open).  He was running a temperature (101) for this first time during all this.  They started fluids, which seemed to take forever before it started.  They also drew blood, took chest X-ray (no problems) and ordered other tests.  The doctor really didn't like how bad Mike looked, so they seem determined to get to the bottom of "it," and admitted him to the hospital (Meridian Park, in Tualatin). 

Mike has started having pain with swallowing, so the plan is to do a scope tomorrow - hopefully getting a definite diagnosis of what's going on and how to treat. 

Hello to whoever might be out there.  I know it's been a very long time since I've posted.  Thank you for your kind thoughts.