Dad did not have his chemo nor did he have his proton radiation done today. Good news is that Dad’s blood pressure and pulse seems to be stabilized. They have been pumping tons of fluids and antibiotics in to him like crazy. However, his temp is still going up and down. He didn’t get sick today like he did yesterday, but it did come up. Luckily, Dad was able to keep it down.
At this time, what I am about to say is unofficial and please keep this in mind that things are still developing…
There is an unofficial report that Dad has an infection in his chemo port. Plus, according to the X-rays from today, the tubing from his port has moved across his chest and into a small vein versus his major vein. The doctors do not like how the tubing has moved like that. Meaning, they will most likely remove his chemo port… a procedure that generally takes about an hour to complete. The reason why I am saying that this is unofficial because the chemo doctor have not mention anything about removing the port to Dad or the rest of the family… we found out by a medical tech who is on the IV team, who would be doing the port removal procedure. Plus, there are no official orders that have been written up for the port removal procedure as of yet. Now, this is supposed to be Dad’s last week of chemo until after the results from PET Scan and Endoscopy has been performed. We are thinking they are going to skip this week’s chemo treatment.
In regards to his proton radiation, Dad was schedule to get his radiation done tonight, but MD Anderson rescheduled his radiation for today only. His is currently scheduled to receive his radiation done tomorrow night at 7:00 PM, which pushed his last day of radiation until April 5, 2013 at 7:00pm.