Peter is still feeling awful and remains in hospital. The doctor was aiming to get him home today but that isn't going to happen as he has not been doing much except sleeping but needs to drink about 1 and 1/2 litres a day and eat.
He has started to eat tiny amounts with some complaint about the hospital food (small bowl of chicken broth declared to be "tasteless", 1/4 of a vegetable lasagne which didn't rate a comment but just a look of disdain when asked about it). This excellent progress is due to the cajoling of the stand-in oncologist who has taken him in hand while Dr Yip is on a week's leave and she has done a good job with him. I have offered to bring food in again for him but he says it is too strong for him at the moment (i.e all the usual tastes he enjoys are too much for him).
A physiotherapist has given him exercises and a walking frame to assist him around the ward a few times a day and a device to blow into to assist him with the right lung function to assist in removing the remains of the phlegm from the infection.
He looks like one of the dark, thin, pale men in many Goya paintings now. He clearly has little or no energy and the plan to commence radiotherapy next week looks like it will have to be postponed for a week as he is clearly not up to another battering so quickly after the chemotherapy left him so very nauseated and weakened.
I will update again on the weekend.
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Thanks for the updates. It is good to be able to know where things are up to for you both.
We had a reps forum the other day and they wanted me to let you know that there are many people thinking of you both.
We will all keep reading the blog to keep connected.
Darlene
Just to let you know we are right behind you, if not physically, then in thought.
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