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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Final Day of Treatment
By JSP
Saturday morning and JayBee is awake and a bit restless. He seems to be feeling relatively well. Right now as I look at him the main issues are itching and bed irritation. The first several days JayBee was feeling well enough to take a few walks around the hospital (and even outside since it was in the 70s when he arrived). The last two days have been worse and he has been in the bed the whole time. It shows as he struggles to find a comfortable position in the bed.
Twelve IL-2 doses of the 14 total have been administered. That means one more at 1PM and the final dose at 9PM. Then he starts to recover again. Hopefully we can get him out of the hospital tomorrow, since recovery is accelerated in a cosey location like home.
The mouth irritation has returned. JayBee is generally not talking much because it hurts just to open his mouth much. They have given him just about everything to try to prevent or attenuate the onset, will minimal results. Perhaps it is not as severe as the first time, but we will not be certain until the IL-2 treatment is done and he gets home and wants to start to eat normally.
A reminder for anyone considering a visit, with all of the symptoms JayBee is experiencing now, he is likely to be mostly unresponsive. His sister Julie and I are here now just to be there if he needs something, otherwise it has been a quiet morning thus far. JayBee communicated to me he is happy to see people, and even happier if they are short visits. He knows you are wishing positive thoughts to him and appreciates that very much.
Twelve IL-2 doses of the 14 total have been administered. That means one more at 1PM and the final dose at 9PM. Then he starts to recover again. Hopefully we can get him out of the hospital tomorrow, since recovery is accelerated in a cosey location like home.
The mouth irritation has returned. JayBee is generally not talking much because it hurts just to open his mouth much. They have given him just about everything to try to prevent or attenuate the onset, will minimal results. Perhaps it is not as severe as the first time, but we will not be certain until the IL-2 treatment is done and he gets home and wants to start to eat normally.
A reminder for anyone considering a visit, with all of the symptoms JayBee is experiencing now, he is likely to be mostly unresponsive. His sister Julie and I are here now just to be there if he needs something, otherwise it has been a quiet morning thus far. JayBee communicated to me he is happy to see people, and even happier if they are short visits. He knows you are wishing positive thoughts to him and appreciates that very much.
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