Confections For Cats

I think the frequent hospital stays weren’t something any of us expected but everyone rallied to keep someone with Mathew 95% of the time. Sometimes Mathew sent one of us home before the other had arrived because he still needed alone time. I remember this hospital stay. It was one of the smaller rooms. I slept in a chair. Mathew still needed help getting to and from the bathroom. Mainly, getting the IV unplugged and pushed into the room for him. One time when I was helping him put on his slippers, I remember seeing one half of his foot was still swollen and the other half wasn’t. It was so odd and by the next day, the swelling in the entire foot was gone.  Texts between me and Diane Good Morning. I could go up there and relieve Arpie in a little while and let Russell visit a few minutes. Then I could stay through the day and give you a break. Let me know. Rec’d 3-23-14 Ok, That would give me a chance to clean his ‘a...

From Mathew’s Journal  First Re-admittance 3//22/14 - Keeping track of diarrhea, went to Moffitt. Adjustment in meds for admittance and cultures, x-rays and everything looks good so far. There is some question about a Paracentesis, which is not something that I had done. Have to make sure that it did not show up as having been done. Not sure my writing is making sense. My stomach hurts less and less. 3-22-14 A resident informs me that I’ll need to stay 48 hours. He says the nurses usually give the 24-hour answer to keep people happy.  - exceptionally frustrated but for the best I suppose. ANC - 130 need about 500, normal is 1000 Chemo makes count go low in the first place _ cell replicating    kills cancer cells and normal cells.    causes diarrhea -GI cells replicate, not well. ****ANC = The absolute neutrophil count or the number of white blood cells that are neutrophils. It requires math to get the bottom line...