Friday, May 10, 2013

He's Home!

After telling us Thursday that he would be in the hopital one + week, after one night they decided they had enough ;)  He is so much healthier than they thought so they decided after all the diagnostic work he could come home! His PET scan showed no surprises.  He has the mass in his right upper lung, some glands around the bronchial tube and both adrenal glands.  They decided he doesn't need a bone scan at this time.

After the PET scan today he went over to the Radiation Oncolology and they got him all set up for his radiation tatts and all.  Then he had his first treatment, will have another one tomorrow and then every M-F for 3-5 weeks.

His voice is still raspy and it may be that he always has this new sexy voice.  The mass in his chest puts pressure on the nerves that affect his 'voice box' and have at least temporarily paralyzed part of it.  So he needs to be careful with clear liquids, they recommend thickening every liquid, though he hasn't let me add Thick It! to his beer.

All in all, today is a good day!

2 comments:

  1. Look at you Sandy! You got this medical terminology down. And Jim is rocking it. Way to go guys!

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  2. Happy, happy day......yeah. I think I was walking on air.

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