Just trucking along

Well folks, it's been a real rollercoaster ride lately. My dad seems to be doing a little better. The chemo has been really knocking him for a loop. They have been giving him extremely high doses and he winds up in the hospital then. He started out unable to eat. Just the smell of food was making him sick. He wound up in the hospital to get rehydrated and eating again. They stopped the treatments for a week to give him a chance to get some strength back. They started chemo again and this time he wound up in the hospital from dehydtration and unable to control his bowels. Mom went and got Depends for him and had to help him get them on. He was that weak. The nurses are basically changing his diapers for him. I was up to see him yesterday afternoon and he was in good spirits.That surprised me! Come to find out the doctors told him that they have the cancer under control now. From what I understand, they have stopped it's spread. My mom called me this morning and was quite excited. She said Dad was perky and the sparkle was back in his eyes this morning. With help from the nurses, he was able to sit up for awhile and they want to get him out of bed and walking around within the next few days. I don't know what to expect for the next while. I hate having to be out here on the road, but bills have to be paid. At least I'm staying close in case of emergencies. I was able to drop a load in Green Bay yesterday so that I could get to the hospital to visit.
Thanx for all the moral support and prayers. It's a good feeling to know that there are still people willing to do that for strangers. I used to think I was as strange as they came until VM!! It's amazing that we live in very different parts of the country yet think so much alike. I try not to hold it against anybody that's not from up here in Gods country!!

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