Dennis had a very nice surprise today two guys from United Airline came to visit him at MDA they were Mitch and Dale. Dennis was so surprise to see them but it made his day also. The guys brought several cards with signatures from everyone. Dennis called me and said please bring his glasses tonight as he wanted to look at the cards in more detail. As I have said earlier the people at United are really there for Dennis. What a inspiration to have people that you work with care so much about you. Each of you have a special place in my heart for caring so much for Dennis and making him feel good through all of this.
Now for the semi bad news Dennis had his port removed yesterday as I stated earlier, but again last night he ran a 103 temperature. They can not figure out what is going on in his body to keep spiking his temperature. The only thing that is a foreign object in him right now is his feeding tube. So he is going down today and get a complete body CT to see if they can see anything. He is also going to be tested for several different test that could spike his temp. I think they are just trying to figure this out they are running out of things that could be causing such high fevers. The cultures are not growing anything which is good but why is the fevers still there? The Dr. said maybe Thurs he might come home but if they can’t get his temp stable they are not going to let him go because they know he will just end back up in the ER.
He went to his Proton Radiation last night, of course he came in an ambulance the first time he ever was in one, and again tonight he will go back for Radiation. He has 8 more time including tonight. A person’s last night is very special they give you a certificate of completing Radiation and there is this big Gong and you get to hit it, to complete the radiation series. We will have picture of him doing that and maybe a small movie of it. It is a special event for a closure of what you had to endure. In Dennis’s case for 28 days.
Adam has taken off work for the last couple days to help me and go with me to visit his dad but I told him to go to work today and we would go and visit his dad after either him or Jennifer gets off work. Even though I have a lift in the van for my wheelchair the kids and Dennis like to go with me if I go out so it doesn’t put extra stress on my back and knees walking back to get the wheelchair out of the van. I can do it if I have to but it does help out a lot if they do it. Even though I might not be able to walk I refuse to let it slow me down. You have to do what you have to do no matter what.
Since I was home this morning I am going to take advantage of it and clean house and do laundry you know the errand list you have at home. But I will be there in a couple hours to be with Dennis and stay till after his radiation treatment, which is real late tonight. When we first started going to radiation we were so surprise and sadden at the same time that they did radiation treatments even sometimes up to midnight or so it just depends on the demand.
Will update later and I hope you are enjoying the photos of Dennis and listening to the music.