Dad spent today in ICU with mom, Michele, and Dave by his side the entire day. He has been awake, talking, and even went for a short walk with great assistance. We have discovered today that dad is terribly allergic to Morphine and the itching has begun! Jeff stopped by later in the afternoon as well as Uncle David and Aunt Gayle. I arrived later in the evening to assist dad with his dinner and was able to get him to eat his jello, a cup of chicken broth, and a diet coke with lemon. For some reason dad has a terrible case of the hiccups and we can only imagine how painful this must be considering the large incision on his head and major surgery he just underwent. Respiratory therapy, pain management, and Benadryl are our friends today.
Marty and Teri went to Fairview today to take care of the house and yard, dad has been worrying about getting the house rented out this week, we are so grateful to them for doing this so that dad does not worry. Matt had to go out of town on business and will return later this week.
For all the down sides of being told your loved one has cancer, it does have the positive effect of bringing people in our lives closer to us and us closer to them. This is something we genuinely treasure, friendship truly is forged from the hard stuff.
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