Reb is spending the next few days at Intermountain Medical Center. He has been feeling really sick this week. He has had terrible nausea and diarrhea, and hasn't kept anything down since Monday. Nancy and Elsie were sick too, so we thought it might be a bug, but at the doctor's appointment today, they said it was a reaction to the chemo pills. They decided to admit him to IMC for fluids, recovery and observation.
This couldn't have happened on a worse day. It is Reb's birthday, but also the Utes are playing TCU at home, and his brother Wally (they share the birthday) had tickets for him to go. As much as it hurt, Reb had to cancel, and head to the hospital. What made it even more painful was the fact that the game wasn't on ordinary TV, or even cable, but it was on an expanded basic package, so the hospital wouldn't have it on TV. As I left the hospital tonight, he had his little headphones on listening intently to the game.
The best birthday present, however, came from his doctor. The scan last week came back totally cancer-free. There was no cancer on the liver or the lungs (the most likely place it would spread to). He can now just focus on finishing up chemo, and returning back to normal life.
I don't have a phone number for him at the hospital, but I know he has his cell phone with him, and he is at the south Patient Tower, room 824.
We look forward to having him back home. Happy Birthday Dad!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
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