After 2 transplants, one thing that Larry and I did not do was to take life for granted. However, we are now more than every appreciative of us doing the things we wanted to do while we could. What a wonderful time we have had with our road trips and just enjoying retirement. Now, we really treasure those times and all the photo memories we have to remind us of the good times.
So...here we are in the hospital waiting for the pathology dept to determine exactly what stain of cancer Larry has. The steriods seem to be working since his headaches are not nearly as bad this morning and he is awake. Not only has he been awake all day but he is coherent - may not remember but that is another issue. The inability to use his left hand is very frustrating. He was eating breakfast this morning with a fork in one hand and was trying to pick up a piece of bacon in the left hand and couldn't do it. He can move his shoulder and elbow just fine but the hand just hangs there. That is due to the swelling the brain. Hopefully the steroids will soon start taking effect and the hand will come back to life. However, the docs said this morning that it may not come back until the radiation shrinks the tumors in the brain. The headachs are MUCH improved this morning. He hasn't had to have any pain meds for thm at all today - let alone the morphine that he was on for the last two days. Right now, stall things count a lot.
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