Dennis is doing better. He went a week or so and was throwing up everything. This was really hard on him and us. The Dr. gave him this medicine that he takes 30 min. before he eats and it empties his stomach out so the next meal goes into a empty stomach instead of maybe a partial full one. It is working!!! No more throwing up. He is actually eating 3 meals a day now. I grant you they are not real big meals yet and it is all soft food but he is eating. He hasn’t had any IsoSource food or as you would know it as liquid food for about 2 weeks now. The Dr. just wants him to maintain his current weight. He has loss about 30 lbs. If he continues to eat regular food then we are going to see if he can have his feeding tube removed. Now if I was not there he would not eat but I prepare his 3 meals every day and he is eating. He even eats what we are eating for dinner. One night he even ate a pork chop he just cut it in small small bites. But he ate it and that is what counts.
He wants to get stronger so I told him we would start walking. It is just small baby steps for now. Just down two houses on both sides of us. Then after a while we will go a little further and then further. But for now small baby steps. I don’t want him to over do it but he needs to get some strength back. He has been done with his Chemo/Radiation for 3 weeks as of Fri. the 25th of April. Dr. Skinner his radiation doctor said he should start feeling stronger in about 2 weeks after his last treatment. Now of course it is not going to be over night but a little at a time. Dennis would like to be back to work in no less than 2 months, we will see.
He goes on the 8th of May for his GI Endoscope and then on the 20th for the PET Scan. So keep up the prayers for him.
God bless each of you for being there for the Cunningham family.