He's Home!

Picked Dan up at the hospital this morning.  Yayyy!  He's at home resting and glad to take a shower and finally relax at home. He is feeling better.  Lost more weight though and now down to 194.  Thanks to those who went to visit him in the hospital.  Much appreciated!

One doctor thinks most likely the chemo caused his symptoms while another said he didn't think so.  Therefore, we do not know for sure exactly what caused this.  Go figure.  

They want to do an ultrasound on his heart to see if they can see anything else.  Dan needs to make an appointment for that.  They would have done it there, but no one was available due to the holiday! It wasn't an emergency so Dan can do it as an outpatient. 

He has to go to Walgreens to get various meds to help control his symptoms.  And of course the hospital only gave him one dosage to control the symptoms not realizing that due to the holiday, the pharmacy is not open but hopefully will be tomorrow.  But they may not.  Many businesses are closed tomorrow too.

We have yet to find out if Dan's oncologist, Dr. Kahn, wants to see him before his next round of chemo next week.  Plus, Dan didn't finish his current round of chemo due to the heart issues he experienced.  

Now I have to get prepared for Cody's luxating patella surgery on Thursday.  Wish both my boys were not suffering so. 😢

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 1, 2023 at 4:52 PM

    Good luck Danny, take care and rest, stay positive, you'll get through this, you are strong❤️

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2023 at 3:54 PM

    Prayers and hugs get rest love you both

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2023 at 10:09 AM

    Hang in there, we are all thinking of you!

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2023 at 7:10 PM

    Stay positive my friend

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