Moving uphill
Gilly was physically spent after the lawn care episode last evening, so he asked me to take him to the Zigman’s to say hello and goodbye. I did as he requested, and he ended up staying for about 2 hours. I haven’t seen him consume so much food in a while. Sharon, he really loved the turkey, and enjoyed every last drop of the mousse. Thanks for tempting his palate (and ours as well). It was a beautiful party.
We had a surprise visitor around midnight. Yaron decided to come in for his day off instead of spending it at the country house. I was especially pleased, since I had the day all wrong, and thought he’d be up north this evening until tomorrow evening. One day earlier is that much sweeter. Gilly was tickled pink. Yaron and his friends ‘chilled’ with him in the wee hours of the morning while I took advantage of a few hours of air conditioned sleep. He informed me, “Yaron and his friends always come down to say hi to me whenever they’re here,” grinning from ear to ear.
Thi called to cancel Physio or change it to Friday. We both agreed that the country is important, so we took the day off. Now we'll wait for Yaron to do his thing and then we’ll head up north.
Thi asked again about Gilly’s appetite, and expressed concern that his lack of appetite and low motivation to get involved in doing anything other than sitting around is not a good sign. I told him about yesterday’s incident with the psychotherapist, and mentioned that I put in a call to the social worker at the Jewish. He informed me that there is a psychologist connected to the oncology department, and he plans to recommend that Gily be seen. I’m so thrilled to have Thi and Nelda rooting for Gilly.
It’s a win-win situation when Yaron drives up north; he practices his driving, which he adores (and he’s excellent on the highway, so I can relax at this stage of the game). Gilly will sit up front next to his son, which allows them quality male bonding time. Gilly much prefers Yaron's driving to mine. He even told one of the many professionals (I forget which) this. Liylah and I plan to cuddle up in the back seat and dream of the lake and all it has to offer.
In general, I’d rate today as good. So far, he has eaten everything I put before him, and was open to eating protein for a snack and for lunch. He woke up at noon, so we’re on a late schedule (which is not ideal). I made an extra smoothie to take with us, so if he doesn’t eat a good dinner, I’ll offer this instead (as Nelda suggested). Things are looking up. The more he consumes, the stronger he feels, the more active he’ll become, and then the hungrier he’ll get, and so on and so on, and so on. 3 more chemo doses for this round and he’s back on a drug vacation for another 23 days. No more Decadron at this point.
We had a surprise visitor around midnight. Yaron decided to come in for his day off instead of spending it at the country house. I was especially pleased, since I had the day all wrong, and thought he’d be up north this evening until tomorrow evening. One day earlier is that much sweeter. Gilly was tickled pink. Yaron and his friends ‘chilled’ with him in the wee hours of the morning while I took advantage of a few hours of air conditioned sleep. He informed me, “Yaron and his friends always come down to say hi to me whenever they’re here,” grinning from ear to ear.
Thi called to cancel Physio or change it to Friday. We both agreed that the country is important, so we took the day off. Now we'll wait for Yaron to do his thing and then we’ll head up north.
Thi asked again about Gilly’s appetite, and expressed concern that his lack of appetite and low motivation to get involved in doing anything other than sitting around is not a good sign. I told him about yesterday’s incident with the psychotherapist, and mentioned that I put in a call to the social worker at the Jewish. He informed me that there is a psychologist connected to the oncology department, and he plans to recommend that Gily be seen. I’m so thrilled to have Thi and Nelda rooting for Gilly.
It’s a win-win situation when Yaron drives up north; he practices his driving, which he adores (and he’s excellent on the highway, so I can relax at this stage of the game). Gilly will sit up front next to his son, which allows them quality male bonding time. Gilly much prefers Yaron's driving to mine. He even told one of the many professionals (I forget which) this. Liylah and I plan to cuddle up in the back seat and dream of the lake and all it has to offer.
In general, I’d rate today as good. So far, he has eaten everything I put before him, and was open to eating protein for a snack and for lunch. He woke up at noon, so we’re on a late schedule (which is not ideal). I made an extra smoothie to take with us, so if he doesn’t eat a good dinner, I’ll offer this instead (as Nelda suggested). Things are looking up. The more he consumes, the stronger he feels, the more active he’ll become, and then the hungrier he’ll get, and so on and so on, and so on. 3 more chemo doses for this round and he’s back on a drug vacation for another 23 days. No more Decadron at this point.
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