Today - a very long day already

It's only 3:30 p.m. but it has been a very, very long day already. I think there are going to be many, many more of them in our future. He only got about 4 hours sleep last night even though they gave him a sleeping pill about 8 o'clock. He woke up in a confused state and that has been going all day - sometimes worse than others. At times, he thinks he is in Sacramento, was taking but seeing his doctor that treated him before he had his liver transplant, thinks they moved all the furniture in the room last night, doesn't know where he is, was going down the hall to visit his mother, etc. However, he has always known me. Yet, he sat up in the recliner for abut 3 hours and was on the computer checking his emails, looking the status of some of his stocks, knew exactly when he bought them and how much he paid for them. It's all due to the swelling in the brain and the steroids. They started radiation today and he had no problems with it. We got a semi-final diagnosis this afternoon. It is not melanoma but just plain lung cancer. However, there are several kinds of lung cancer and we won't know that until tomorrow. Once they know that, they can determine timing, course of treatment, etc. The radiation oncology doc was very optimistic that they can shrink the tumors in the brain but can't promise they won't come back at some point. We'll be turned over to oncology in the next day or so. Everyone says that the hospital's cancer center is the nicest place you hope to never visit. The steroids have increased his blood sugar so he has had 2 insulin shots today. They plan to continue the steroids today and tomorrow and then will switch to a lower, pill dosage since the radiation can make the brain swell. Two docs lectured me today on taking care of myself because it is going to be a very long haul. It is so hard to believe that we did laundry last Friday morning, went out to lunch and how here we are a week later with our world turned upside down.