Update on Uncle Wally

I know Brian and Gary and Cindy (if she is feeling well) are going down this Thursday. Tonya said her Uncle Wally and Aunt Bernie may be coming back up with the boys as long as Uncle Wally is doing okay. Here is an email she sent me last night. I'll update later on dad.

Hey! Not sure what you’ve heard or not, but here’s the latest and greatest!

He came home yesterday! We are heading back today (or tomorrow) to get the fluid drained, but that is an outpatient procedure. He was doing great last night! Jeremy flew in yesterday, it was his first time here! That was great for dad! We sat around and looked at old pictures and laughed about childhood stories!

I’ve been giving him(dad) a hard time, but I told him it is best for him! I’ll get him up on his feet more today, hopefully!!! It is very painful for him, which makes it that much harder to push him!

He ended up having a duodenum bleeding ulcer. He had a transfusion of two pints of blood and later a transfusion of platelets. As you can imagine, that really brought him down to a low point, that Theresa, Lisa and Susan saw! I got to see a drastic improvement over a two day period!

He is really scared about taking his meds again. He wonders what caused the ulcer and nausea. He is going to ease back into his pain meds to see if the oxycodone is what is causing the nausea. We asked the doctor about prescribing the morphine, which really helped him in the hospital….it seemed as though he was going to write that prescription, but upon discharge, we had no prescription!

It can all be frustrating! You really need another set of ears to help translate and remember everything the doctors say! Mom tries her best!

They are both troopers!!! Dad really wants to make the trip to KY, which I think is GREAT! He is concerned about getting his meds straightened out right now, so he says it might be another week or two. I think we should keep coming down until then!

It is great to be here! Not only for me, but for them also! I know that dad is stubborn sometimes and makes his grumpy comments, but deep down, he loves the company!

I’ll touch base later!! How’s your dad doing? I heard he went to mass Saturday morning, so I took that as a sign that he was feeling better after the chemo?!

I’ll give you a call this evening!