by Dianne | Nov 6, 2011
It’s strange to be saying Tyler seems to be turning a corner when he’s still as sick as he is. In addition to the problems of earlier this week, he’s now considered a “falls risk” given his extreme weakness. He also has broken out in a...
by Dianne | Nov 3, 2011
The rapid cycling of good things – then bad things – then good things happening in one day is making me dizzy! The day started off great, with Ty finally getting his chemo and some nourishment through his new NG tube. Unfortunately, he felt terrible and...
by Dianne | Nov 2, 2011
The past 24 hours have probably been some of the worst of this whole ordeal, and that’s saying something. After how horrible the NG tube placement experience was yesterday, I immediately started internally fretting about how he was going to go through it again...
by Dianne | Nov 2, 2011
Tyler had an NG tube placed a few hours ago. That was a trauma neither he nor I is ever likely to forget, made much worse by the pain of his mucositis. Now that it’s done, the hope is he will have relief on the horizon. He will get all nutrition via the tube,...
by Dianne | Nov 1, 2011
Oh boy. Oh boy. Things can sure change quickly on a cancer ward. Since Tyler’s first course of chemo, we’ve been warned about the symptoms that could develop; one of those symptoms is a condition called mucositis. We were so blessed that during his...
