10:47AM -- Larry is eating breakfast at the moment...2 hard boiled eggs and a serving of sliced peaches. He had a bad night last night. His lower stomach was hurting and I had to give him one of his Percocets. This concerns me because I had just put on his 100mcg Fentanyl patch for pain yesterday morning. I don't change it again until tomorrow. Today is dialysis day, so I'm in a crunch for time at the moment. I'll write more later.
12:19PM -- Just got back from dropping Larry off at dialysis. He's got a little more strength today than he had yesterday, but he isn't feeling well. He is only going to run 3 hours today instead of his usual 4. His ending target weight is 91 kilos. When he weighed in this morning, he was at 92.7 kilos. Not a lot to take off fluid wise. I've got a call in to his oncologist, Dr. Paul. I'm very concerned that the 100mcg pain patch isn't keeping his pain at bay. I'll wait to see what she has to say about it. I know this is the highest dosage on this patch, but the hospice nurse says we can always put a lower dosage one on along with the 100mcg.
4:43PM -- Got Larry back home around 4:00ish. He wanted me to stop and pick up a few things on the way home at the grocery store. Gawd, I hate shopping. Anyway, his oncologist called me back and told me the patch wasn't going to take away all the pain, and that taking percocets a couple times a day was just fine. The next step would be a pump. Larry doesn't want to be "zoned out" or sleeping all the time, so this was basically good news about the percocets. Now, on to other stuff! Dinner should be easy enough...he's going to have his wings from last night with celery and blue cheese dressing. He seems to be feeling much better than this morning, but he is still complaining with a dull, nagging pain in his left side. Got some more pics of his "girls" at dialysis! I'll post them shortly.
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