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Daily Buzz, Wed PM Edition
Oct. 8th, 2008 08:53 pmStill alive, still breathing, still no other clinical signs. Very puzzling. I did palpate a possible enlarged thyroid, on the right side of the trachea -- now I have to figure out whether he also has hyperthyroidism.
No jaundice, no diarrhea, no cardiac thrill, pulses that could be (barely) palpated were steady and not galloping. I could not really do any abdominal palpation as that upset him.
He wasn't interested in food when I got home, so I went ahead with 10 mg Solu-Delt and 4 mg of Dex. About an hour later he was up and had his face in a bowl, but he didn't eat a lot -- he's slowing down. I mushed some of the food into warm water and left it, and saw him lever himself up to investigate, so I have hopes that he might have eaten some more.
I'll give him some more Solu-Delt and Dex before I go to bed, and we'll see if staggering it like this helps any.
Other news: I learned today that one of my cousins (I have only two first cousins, my dad's older sister had two sons) was recently diagnosed with colon cancer, and was having surgery today. This upset my mother, as she likes him and his wife; we all like him -- he's a nice guy, and funny. I wanted to know more so I called my aunt, who had gone to the hospital, and she called back a little while ago. The surgeon said it's Stage IV, because there's liver metastases already. The primary tumor was only golf-ball-sized, and did not have any perforation or blockage. The National Cancer Institute has a page on colon cancer for medical professionals. There's still good results for this stage, depending on several factors.
It's still a scary cancer. Honey lost one of her aunts about 2 years ago, and that was a huge loss. Aunt B was very welcoming -- a true Christian woman -- and I mourned almost as much as she did. And of course, anyone who's been on LJ long enough might remember![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kielle who died rapidly from advanced colon cancer.
But other than that, life is fine, as Mrs. Lincoln once said. I have a cat asleep on my lap (Brady), the Son has done homework and gone off to bed secure in the knowledge that he has a day off tomorrow (for Yom Kippur -- I never dreamed that one day the schools would acknowledge Jewish holidays!) and we don't, so I'll be running around as usual.
No jaundice, no diarrhea, no cardiac thrill, pulses that could be (barely) palpated were steady and not galloping. I could not really do any abdominal palpation as that upset him.
He wasn't interested in food when I got home, so I went ahead with 10 mg Solu-Delt and 4 mg of Dex. About an hour later he was up and had his face in a bowl, but he didn't eat a lot -- he's slowing down. I mushed some of the food into warm water and left it, and saw him lever himself up to investigate, so I have hopes that he might have eaten some more.
I'll give him some more Solu-Delt and Dex before I go to bed, and we'll see if staggering it like this helps any.
Other news: I learned today that one of my cousins (I have only two first cousins, my dad's older sister had two sons) was recently diagnosed with colon cancer, and was having surgery today. This upset my mother, as she likes him and his wife; we all like him -- he's a nice guy, and funny. I wanted to know more so I called my aunt, who had gone to the hospital, and she called back a little while ago. The surgeon said it's Stage IV, because there's liver metastases already. The primary tumor was only golf-ball-sized, and did not have any perforation or blockage. The National Cancer Institute has a page on colon cancer for medical professionals. There's still good results for this stage, depending on several factors.
It's still a scary cancer. Honey lost one of her aunts about 2 years ago, and that was a huge loss. Aunt B was very welcoming -- a true Christian woman -- and I mourned almost as much as she did. And of course, anyone who's been on LJ long enough might remember
kielle who died rapidly from advanced colon cancer. But other than that, life is fine, as Mrs. Lincoln once said. I have a cat asleep on my lap (Brady), the Son has done homework and gone off to bed secure in the knowledge that he has a day off tomorrow (for Yom Kippur -- I never dreamed that one day the schools would acknowledge Jewish holidays!) and we don't, so I'll be running around as usual.
