Dad has pneumonia, and has been moved to the palliative care floor. Mom has been talking to a social worker about transporting him to hospice care back home in Arlington. Dr. Siefker told Nolie that she regrets having started him on another course of chemo, because his body just can't take it and he may have had a few months longer otherwise.
Jerry was asleep when I got to his hospital room this morning, and stayed asleep most of the day. He's awake now, but hasn't spoken all day. I know he can see me, and he will squeeze Nolie's hand if she asks him to. He ate yesterday, and has had a few spoonfulls (spoonsfull?) of applesauce today. He is being given two different IV antibiotics; one for the known infection, and another as a prophylactic in case there's an infection we don't know about.
Nolie is downstairs eating right now, and Jerry keeps raising his left hand up to his head, kind of like he's trying to adjust a hat, only he is not wearing a hat. I thought that maybe he wanted his glasses off, so I removed them, but he's still reaching for his head. Occasionally, he coughs also, like a cat coughing up a hairball.
Nolie says that he seems much better today than he did yesterday. He is much worse than the last time I saw him.
It is very irritating to watch t.v. here because there is no TiVo. I really miss the Go Back Eight Seconds button. It must be John Wayne's birthday today or something, because it seems like there's been a John Wayne movie on all day long. I also watched some movie with Geena Davis and some talking mice in Spanish today.
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After so much hope it's hard to hear such news. God be with you Brian and Nolie.
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