Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Dad is back from the hospital.  He left last Wednesday.  He's back at Clara's townhome.  With the prognosis of a small tumor in his back, the Dr's have decided on focused radiation treatments.  He goes every day, five days a week, and get a short blast of radiation to destroy the tumor that's causing all the pain problems.  It will take about 2 weeks for the radiation to have some effect, so in the meanwhile he's on some pain medicine to keep it at a tolerable level.  We will know soon whether or not this will help.  We are keeping our finger crossed that it will work, or at least work as much as possible to diminish his pain.  His appetite has been good, he eats well, and for his condition, a decent amount. Since he's having to stay downstairs, instead of his usual upstairs bedroom, Russell and Kim bought him a new HD tv to keep him company and Uverse will be installed this week, so he'll get all the cable channels he wants.  Good job, guys.